title: Phorbol myristate acetate induced colony growth in Hodgkin's disease.
abstract: Discrete pleomorphic colonies were cultured from a lymph node of a patient with Hodgkin's disease using phorbol myristate acetate in semi-solid media. A mean of 216 colonies were counted after 10 days incubation. No colonies were noted after similar incubation with pokeweed mitogen or lymphocyte conditioned medium. A gradation in morphology from small lymphoid cells to giant multinucleated cells was noted. The majority (80%) of the cultured cells bore T lymphoid surface markers. The use of phorbol myristate acetate as a stimulant for colony growth of cells from the lymph nodes of Hodgkin's disease patients would appear to be of value.
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D010704:Phorbols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010704:Phorbols; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate