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B cell activating properties of parotid protein
Microbiology and Immunology
|January 1, 1979
Abstract:
A new biological activity of bovine parotid protein acting on immuno-competent lymphocytes to lead to polyclonal antibody responses was demonstrated. A significant amount of antibody to SRBC or antihapten antibody to TNP-SRBC, BPO-SRBC, or SA-SRBC was produced in mice by adding the appropriate doses of bovine parotid protein, suggesting that this protein may be a nonspecific B cell activator which acts on the B cells in a similar way as casein or gelatin.