| Literature DB >> 3260491 |
K Norioka1, M Hara, M Harigai, A Kitani, T Hirose, K Suzuki, M Kawakami, H Tabata, M Kawagoe, H Nakamura.
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The effect of culture supernatants of endothelial cell (EC) lines on the immunoglobulin-M(IgM) synthesis by human B cell line, SKW6-CL4 cells, was investigated. Supernatants of human EC stimulated IgM synthesis, as high as 6-fold, but supernatants of bovine EC did not. This enhancing activity was completely blocked by addition of anti-human B cell stimulatory factor-2/interleukin-6 (BSF-2/IL-6) antibody. These data suggest that human EC might participate in the human antibody production system by producing soluble factor, BSF-2/IL-6.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3260491 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(88)81334-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575