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Abstract
Miniature Sinclair swine bearing cutaneous melanomas and nonmelanoma bearing littermate controls were tested for lymphocyte blastogenic response in a microculture assay. Lymphocytes were assayed for 3H-thymidine incorporation following stimulation with concanavalin A, phytohemagglutinin or pokeweed mitogen. Treatment with all mitogens revealed a significantly (p less than 0.05) reduced proliferative capacity in melanoma swine as compared to littermate controls. These results lend further support for the use of miniature Sinclair swine as a research model for human melanoma.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 7093814 PMCID: PMC1320283
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can J Comp Med ISSN: 0008-4050