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Spleen cells from non-immunized mice and guinea-pigs are triggered to DNA synthesis in vitro by PPD tuberculin. The responding cells are shown to be B lymphocytes.
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SULTZER, B., NILSSON, B. PPD Tuberculin—a B-Cell Mitogen. Nature New Biology 240, 198–200 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio240198a0
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