Mitogenic Properties of Polyene Antibiotics for Murine B Cells Journal Articles

abstract

• Two polyene antibiotics, nystatin and amphotericin B, were found to be mitogenic for mouse spleen cells as measured by induction of DNA synthesis and polyclonal antibody production. This effect was demonstrated on spleen cells from nude‐mice and anti‐θ‐treated spleen cells tram normal mice. No effect was found on cortisone‐resistant thymocytes or on spleen cells treated with anti‐mouse bone marrow‐derived lymphocyte antigen antiserum. Nor was there any effect on spleen cells passed through a nylon fiber column. Thus we conclude that nystatin and amphotericin B are murine B‐cell mitogens.

authors

• HAMMARSTRÖM, L
• Smith, Edward Kinsey Morgan

status

• published 

publication date

• January 1976

has subject area

• 1107 Immunology (FoR)
• Amphotericin B (MeSH)
• Animals (MeSH)
• Antibody Formation (MeSH)
• B-Lymphocytes (MeSH)
• DNA (MeSH)
• Immunology (Science Metrix)
• Mice (MeSH)
• Mice, Inbred Strains (MeSH)
• Mice, Nude (MeSH)
• Mitogens (MeSH)
• Nystatin (MeSH)
• Spleen (MeSH)
• T-Lymphocytes (MeSH)

published in

• Scandinavian Journal of Immunology  Journal

keywords

• Amphotericin B
• Animals
• Antibody Formation
• B-Lymphocytes
• DNA
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred Strains
• Mice, Nude
• Mitogens
• Nystatin
• Spleen
• T-Lymphocytes

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1976.tb02990.x

PubMed ID

• 1083558

start page

• 37

end page

• 43

volume

• 5

issue

• 1-2