title: Culture and stimulation of human T- and B-lymphocytes.
abstract: The cultivation and stimulation of human peripheral blood cells by different mitogens were studied using a serum-free culture technique. It shows the possibility to culture human PBL in a commercially available serum-free medium over a period of at least 7 days. In a serum-free medium with high protein content the viability of the cells was higher than in one with low protein content or in a serum containing medium. It is possible to stimulate human T cells by phytohaemagglutinin in a serum-free medium. After measurement of [3H]thymidine incorporation, a significant difference between control and test cultures was found. There is also a difference between serum-free medium with high and low protein content. Human peripheral B lymphocytes stimulated by pokeweed mitogen did not show any measurable IgG-secretion if they were cultured in serum-free medium.
authors.affiliation: Karl-Marx University, Section of Biosciences, Leipzig.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weichert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ambrosius
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D008934:Mitogens; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens; D013936:Thymidine