Proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients to mycobacterial antigens.

doi:10.1007/BF02207090

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Proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients to mycobacterial antigens.

Clinical rheumatology - 1 Mar 1992

Swärdh M, Palacios-Boix A, Panayi G S

Abstract excerpt

Proliferation of rheumatoid and control peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to an antigenic acetone-precipitable extract from mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTa) was investigated. Cells were also stimulated with the recall antigen tuberculin PPD (purified protein derivative) and the mitogen OK...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Antigens, Bacterial
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Cell Division
Cells, Cultured
Female
HLA-DR4 Antigen
Humans
Leukocytes, Mononuclear
Lymphocytes
Male
Middle Aged
Muromonab-CD3
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Phenotype
Time Factors
Tuberculin

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