title: Frozen lymphocyte pools as technical and reference controls for lymphocyte transformation.
abstract: Healthy individuals' peripheral blood lymphocytes show wide ranges of response to mitogens and allogeneic lymphocytes. When individuals' lymphocytes are pooled together, the responses of the pool are equivalent to the means of the responses of the lymphocytes which comprise the pool. Pooled lymphocytes retain their responsiveness when stored frozen, and may be used as standard responding cells in lymphocyte transformation tests, but are not suitable controls for antigen-induced lymphocyte transformation.
mesh_terms: D000941:Antigens; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes; D014021:Tissue Preservation
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D037102:Lectins; D003208:Concanavalin A