Lymphocyte stimulation: transfer of cellular hypersensitivity to antigen in vitro.
Tuberculin-sensitive human lymphocytes cultured for 36 hours with tuberculin elaborate a soluble material which causes nonsensitive lymphocytes to respond to tuberculin in vitro by transformation and proliferation.
D002474:Cell-Free System; D046508:Culture Techniques; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D014181:Transplantation Immunology; D014373:Tuberculin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014373:Tuberculin