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Muramyl-dipeptide and its synthetic analog as possible inducers of interleukin-2 production

Journal Article · · Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6999806
This paper studies the action of muramyl-dipeptide (MDP) and its synthetic derivative N-acetylglucosaminyl-N-acetyl-muramyl-alanyl-D-isoglutamine (GMDP) on IL2 production in a population of BALB/c mouse spleen cells. Tritium-thymidine was added to the wells in the flat-bottomed culture panes and the radioactivity of the samples was measured on a scintillation beta-counter after deposition of material was precipitated with TCA on the filters. The supernatant of the culture of activated spleen cells, stimulated by MDP or GMDP induced a proliferative response of the con A blast cells. The effectiveness of the stimulating action of MDP and GMDP, and of the classical IL2 inducer, con A, was compared.
Research Organization:
Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
OSTI ID:
6999806
Journal Information:
Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 100:8; ISSN BEXBA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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