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The localization of autologous antiperoxidase immunoglobulin G (IgG) was studied in the choroid plexus of Lewis rats immunized against horseradish peroxidase (HRP). This experiment was performed to study the permeability of the choroid plexus to intravascular IgG. It was shown that autologous IgG was present in the extravascular spaces. The transendothelial transfer appeared to occur mainly via the fenestrations and some interendothelial junctions. No transfer of IgG at the level of epithelial cells toward the cerebrospinal fluid was demonstrated. Interstitial spaces in contact with the connective-tissue cells of the choroid stroma were strongly labeled. The significance of these spaces remains hypothetical and raises the question of the fate of IgG from the interstitial space.
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This work has been partly supported by Crédits Recherche Universitaire, Paris-val de Marne.
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Fleury, J., Bellon, B., Bernaudin, J.F. et al. Electron-microscopic immunohistochemical study of the localization of immunoglobulin G in the choroid plexus of the rat. Cell Tissue Res. 238, 177–182 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00215159
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