Abstract
12-O-Tetradecaroyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA), a potent tumor-promoting agent, was found to enhance proliferation of murine splenic lymphocytes in response to B-cell mitogens, while possessing no mitogenic activity by itself. At the same time, TPA inhibited the B mitogen-induced polyclonal responses as well as antigen-specific antibody responses of cultured murine spleen cells. Our results support the hypothesis that tumor promoters inhibit lymphocyte differentiation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 83-87 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine |
| Volume | 171 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Oct 1982 |