title: [Proliferation of spleen cells in response to Bordetella pertussis].
abstract: Vaccine strain 305 of B. pertussis in a dose of 10(8)-10(11) cells was shown to be mitogenic for splenocytes of BALB/c mice and nude mice. When added in a dose of 10(10) B. pertussis exerted a more pronounced mitogenic effect than phytohemagglutinin P, which was less powerful, however, than that of Con A, B. pertussis caused a greater stimulation of DNA synthesis in lymphocytes than B mitogens whose action depended on the differentiation stages of B lymphocytes. This is likely to hint towards a possible action of B. pertussis on immature B cells and/or their precursors. The cells of T lineage (T1 cells and/or T precursors) can also be involved.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000276:immunology*; D002455:Cell Division; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA
vernacular_title: Proliferatsiia kletok selezenki v otvet na Bordetella pertussis.