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Inhibition of Lymphocyte Activation at High Ratios of Concanavalin A to Serum depends on Complement

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WHEN certain mitogenic agents are added to lymphocytes cultured in serum, the cells are activated to transform and divide1. A dependence of the transformation response on the ratio of mitogen concentration to serum concentration has been shown with phytohaemagglutinin2, concanavalin A (our unpublished results), pokeweed mitogen and mercurous chloride3. At optimum ratios of mitogen to serum most of the lymphocytes in the culture transform, whereas at higher ratios transformation is inhibited2.

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MILTHORP, P., FORSDYKE, D. Inhibition of Lymphocyte Activation at High Ratios of Concanavalin A to Serum depends on Complement. Nature 227, 1351–1352 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2271351a0

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