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Abstract
Autolysates of Trypanosoma congolense, in subcytotoxic amounts, were found to be highly mitogenic in vitro for the spleen cells of normal mice. Significant amounts of [3H]-thymidine were also incorporated by the responding spleen cells of nu/nu (athymic) mice. In contrast, the spleen cells of cyclophosphamide-treated mice were unresponsive. The findings suggest that a potent B-cell-mitogen is generated by the autolysing T. congolense organism.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 620724 DOI: 10.1007/bf01921943
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Experientia ISSN: 0014-4754