Neonatal and maternal lymphocytes in whole-blood cultures: absence of strong interaction.
The relative growth of neonatal and maternal lymphocytes was studied in PHA-stimulated mixed short-time whole-blood cultures, with particular regard to a possible inhibition of the maternal cells. For comparison, neonatal and maternal cells were grown separately. No uniform inhibition was observed, although there was an average 34% depression of growth of the maternal cells in the mixed cultures.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008940:Mitotic Index