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Title: Activation and suppression of cellular immunity during reparative liver regeneration in mice

Journal Article · · Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00835890· OSTI ID:5669494

The authors study the effect of partial hepatectomy (PHE) on the functional activity of various lymphocyte populations in vitro and in vivo, namely its effect on proliferative, effector and killer activity. A mixture of 50 microliters of reacting spleen cells and 100 microliters of stimulating spleen cells from mice, irradiated in a dose of 2000 rads, was incubated as described. /sup 3/H-thymidine was added to the medium before the end of incubation. The radioactivity of the samples was measured in a beta-spectrometer. Activity of immune and normal killer cells was determined in the membrane-toxic test with /sup 3/H-uridine. Depression of killer activity and of the graft versus host reaction after PHE is evidently due to the action of suppressor cells as is shown by the example of lowering of the helper function in mixed lymphocyte culture.

Research Organization:
Smolensk Medical Institute, USSR
OSTI ID:
5669494
Journal Information:
Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 101:5; Other Information: Translated from Byulleten Ehksperimental'noj Biologii i Meditsiny; 101: No. 5, 591-594(May 1986)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English