From the Department of Microbiology and the Webb-Waring Lung Institute, University of Colorado Medical Center Denver, Colo., USA
Abstract:
Lymphocyte-macrophage and lymphocyte erythrocyte interactions were examined in the 4 homologous and 12 heterologous combinations of mice, rats, guinea pigs, and rabbits. There was a highly species-specific interaction between thymic lymphocytes (T cells) and homologous peritoneal macrophages. Distinct red cell rosettes were formed only between thymus-derived cells of the guinea pig and rabbit erythrocytes.