在免疫系统以及它同疾病的关系的研究中,淋巴细胞功能测定传统地作为细胞免疫功能的基本参数。很少几项的单核细胞功能测定亦仅限于涉及其化学趋化性、吞噬功能、杀菌功能等方面。尽管已有越来越多的证据表明巨噬细胞在淋巴细胞分化和功能中起相当重要的作用,但至今还没有能对单核细胞和免疫系统其它成分相互作用而作出测定的方法。例如,巨噬细胞产生的T细胞分 In studies of the immune system and its relationship to disease, lymphocyte function assays traditionally serve as a basic parameter of cellular immune function. A few of the monocyte functional assays are also limited to aspects involving their chemotaxis, phagocytosis, bactericidal function, and the like. Despite the growing body of evidence that macrophages play a significant role in lymphocyte differentiation and function, no method has ever been available for determining the interaction of monocytes with other components of the immune system. For example, T cells produced by macrophages