EARLY INDUCTION AND AUGMENTATION OF PARASITIC ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY-PRODUCING B LYMPHOCYTES IN THE NON-PEYER’S PATCH REGION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE

Ching-Hua Wang¹, Elizabeth M. Richards¹, Robert D. Block², Enio M. Lezcano¹ and Ricardo Gutierrez¹

1 Biology Department, California State university, 5500 University parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407, USA, ² Department of Neurology and Neural Science, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA

Received 10/12/98 Accepted 10/20/98

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