Article
Lymphokine-induced cytotoxic cell generation in thymus and spleen cell cultures.
Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents - 1 Jan 2000
Biasi G, Rivarollo R, Colmagro R, Ronchese F, Collavo D
Abstract excerpt
The effect of a supernatant (SN-A) obtained from PMA-stimulated IL-2 producing EL-4 cells on cytotoxic cell induction in thymocyte and splenocyte cultures was evaluated. SN-A, but not recombinant IL-2 alone, induced cytotoxic cell differentiation in thymus cell cultures, thus indicating that factors distinct from IL-2 are required for effector cell generation. INF-gamma takes part in the process, and Ia+...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Division
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
- Lymphokines
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Phenotype
- Spleen
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
- Thymus Gland
