Spontaneous 3H-thymidine incorporation by circulating lymphocytes of normal subjects: relative proportion of T and B cells.
Peripheral lymphocytes of ten normal, healthy subjects were assayed simultaneously for spontaneous 3H-thymidine flash labelling and erythrocyte, active erythrocyte and erythrocyte antibody complement rosette formation. Spontaneous blastogenesis of T lymphocytes is significantly higher than that of B cells. The majority of T lymphocytes incorporating 3H-thymidine are active E rosette-forming cells.
D000328:Adult; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism*
D013936:Thymidine