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Influence of thymic factor X-5 (TFX-5) "Polfa" on mitogenic response of murine thymocytes to concanavalin A
Archivum Immunologiae Et Therapiae Experimentalis
|January 1, 1981
Abstract:
The influence of thymic factor X (TFX-5 "Polfa") on mitogenic response of different subpopulations of murine thymocytes has been studied. Data are presented which indicate that proliferative response to concanavalin A of cortical ("immature") thymocytes is enhanced in the presence of TFX-5 whereas the response of medullary ("mature") thymocytes is inhibited.
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