Cotyledons of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) synthesize large amounts of the lectin phytohemagglutinin (PHA) during seed development. The polypeptides of PHA are synthesized by endoplasmic reticulum-bound polysomes and co-translationally glycosylated, pass through the Golgi complex, and accumulate in protein bodies, which constitute the lysosomal compartment in these cells. Some of the...

Phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-induced skin swelling response is widely used as a rough surrogate of integrative cell-mediated and innate immunity across multiple vertebrate taxa due to its simplification and feasibility. However, little is known whether there are sex and interspecific differences of immune responsiveness to PHA in ectotherms, especially for anurans. Therefore, we studied sex and spe...

dried aceton-chloroform extract of aerial parts of euphorbia spinidens bornm. ex prokh. endemic to iran, yielded two new triterpenoids, lup-20(29)-ene-33, 28 diol commonly known as betulin and (3β,23e)-cycloarta-23-ene-3,25-diol. the structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated by 13 c- and 1 h-nmr as well as 2d-nmr, ir and by the aid of mass fragmentation pattern. in phagocyte chemilum...

Dried aceton-chloroform extract of aerial parts of Euphorbia spinidens Bornm. ex Prokh. endemic to Iran, yielded two new triterpenoids, lup-20(29)-ene-33, 28 diol commonly known as betulin and (3β,23E)-Cycloarta-23-ene-3,25-diol. The structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated by 13C- and 1H-NMR as well as 2D-NMR, IR and by the aid of mass fragmentation pattern. In phagocyte chemilumin...

I NCREASED NUMBERS of plasmacytoid cells, associated with the formalion of large amounts of monoclonal proteins is characteristic of plasma cell myeloma and macroglobulinemia of Waldenstr#{246}m. Although aberrations of the immune response1 are present in both diseases, patients with myeloma are particularly prone to bacterial infections.1’2 In the malignant lymphoid disorders of chronic lympho...

Autologous serum used in lymphocyte cultures in transformation studies for the examination of cell-mediated immunity in leprosy patients has been shown to contain substance(s) which depressed the 3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA in phytohemagglutinin (PHA) stimulation of leukocytes (4.27). Initial attempts at physical and chemical characterization of the serum factor have been made by Bulloc...

Peripheral blood lymphocytes from 11 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia were stimulated by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia (LPS), and phytohemagglutinin (PHA). Chromosome analysis with the Q-banding technique after 5 days incubation revealed an extra chromosome 12 in 5 of the patients and a translocation between chromosome 11 and chromosome 14 in 1. Two pat...

I NCREASED NUMBERS of plasmacytoid cells, associated with the formalion of large amounts of monoclonal proteins is characteristic of plasma cell myeloma and macroglobulinemia of Waldenstr#{246}m. Although aberrations of the immune response1 are present in both diseases, patients with myeloma are particularly prone to bacterial infections.1’2 In the malignant lymphoid disorders of chronic lympho...

OBJECTIVE To determine the variation of IFN-γ and IL-17 responses to M. tuberculosis antigens in healthy TST+ humans. METHODS We isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 21 TST+ healthy adults, stimulated them with phytohemagglutinin (PHA), PPD, Ag85B, ESAT-6, and live M. bovis BCG, and assayed IFN-γ and IL-17 secretion by ELISA in supernatants after 24 or 72 hours of incubation respe...

Mature human T lymphocytes proliferate in response to the mitogen phytohemagglutinin (PHA), but immature thymocytes lacking the T3 receptor (T3- thymocytes) do not. Because functioning K channels are required for proliferation of mature T cells, we asked whether immunoincompetent T3- thymocytes lack normal K channels. We report that T3- thymocytes have a K+ current similar to that of mature per...