A modified assay for measuring thymocyte co-stimulatory activity

The observation that murine thymocytes increase their proliferation to interleukin 1 (IL-1) in the presence of phytohemagglutinin (PHA) when pre-incubated with interleukin 2 (IL-2) allowed the introduction of a modified assay for the measurement of IL-1 or the search of thymocyte-inducing proliferat...

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Main Authors: Sergio R. Dalmau, Claudia S. Freitas, Wilson Savino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1993-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
MTT
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761993000300011