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Differential expression of the down-regulatory function of CD8 cells in trichosanthin-induced immunosuppression and its genetic control in humans.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Feb 1996
Chou K Y, Chan M, Bias W B
Abstract excerpt
Trichosanthin (Tk), a plant protein isolated from a Chinese medicinal herb, was shown in our previous experiments to suppress mitogenic, antigenic and allogeneic responses of human lymphocytes. Two non-toxic pathways, the CD8-dependent and the CD8-independent, were identified as being involved in inducing the suppression. In this communication, we report that, in a subgroup of healthy subjects, only the...
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