| Literature DB >> 436334 |
J F Plouffe, J Silva, R S Schwartz, J P Callen, P Kane, L A Murphy, I J Goldstein, R Fekety.
Abstract
A time-space aggregate of Hodgkin's disease was observed in a small town. A large elevator for the storage of navy beans was located in the residential area of the town. Lymphocytes of town residents compared to those of non-residents showed increased levels of transformations when challenged with extracts of navy beans. A phytohaemagglutinin from navy beans with the ability to stimulate lymphocytes was isolated and characterized. A hypothesis concerning a connection between this cluster of Hodgkin's disease and the abnormal lymphocyte responses to navy-bean phytohaemagglutinin is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 436334 PMCID: PMC1537640
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Immunol ISSN: 0009-9104 Impact factor: 4.330