In vitro development of macrophages from PHA-stimulated blood cultures in Hodgkin's disease and in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (author's transl)

• Published in: Tumori Vol. 62; no. 1; p. 19
• Main Authors: Navone, R, Tosto, M, Poggio, E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Italian
• Published: United States 01.01.1976
• Subjects: Antibody Formation; Hodgkin Disease - immunology; Humans; Lectins; Leukemia, Lymphoid - immunology; Lymphocyte Activation; Macrophages - immunology

Blood was cultured from 17 normal subjects, 28 cases of untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and 41 cases of Hodgkin's disease. Macrophages were not observed in PHA-stimulated cultures of normal subjects, of CLL or of 18 cases of Hodgkin's disease. The latter had an almost normal...