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PPD Tuberculin—a B-Cell Mitogen

Nature New Biology volume 240, pages 198–200 (1972)Cite this article

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Spleen cells from non-immunized mice and guinea-pigs are triggered to DNA synthesis in vitro by PPD tuberculin. The responding cells are shown to be B lymphocytes.

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  1. B. M. SULTZER

    Present address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York, College of Medicine, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, 11203

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  1. Division of Immunobiology, Wallenberg Laboratory, Karolinska Institute, 104 05, Stockholm, 50

    B. M. SULTZER

  2. Department of Thoracic Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, 104 01, Stockholm, 60

    B. S. NILSSON

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SULTZER, B., NILSSON, B. PPD Tuberculin—a B-Cell Mitogen. Nature New Biology 240, 198–200 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio240198a0

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