Authors: GilboaGarber Nachama Avichezer Dodi Rozenszajn Leon Arie
Publish Date: 1986/04/01
Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 237-240
Abstract
Nachama GilboaGarber Dodi Avichezer Leon Arie Rozenszajn Stimulation of peripheral lymphocytes from cancer patients and healthy subjects by Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin FEMS Microbiology Letters Volume 34 Issue 2 April 1986 Pages 237–240 https//doiorg/101111/j157469681986tb01411xThe galactophilic lectin of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAI was used for mitogenic stimulation of peripheral bloodlymphocytes from cancerbearing patients and healthy subjects This lectin which preferentially stimulates sialidasetreated lymphocytes was shown to be useful in the detection of an impairment in the mitogenic response of the patients lymphocytes Its efficiency was at least as that of the Phaseolus vulgaris lectin PHA which is widely used for the diagnosis and prognosis of deficient immunocompetence states
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