title: A soluble beta-1,3-D-glucan derivative potentiates the cytostatic and cytolytic capacity of mouse peritoneal macrophages in vitro.
abstract: An aminated beta-1,3-D-glucan derivative of curdlan is reported to render macrophages cytostatic to L-929 cells and to potentiate macrophage cytotoxicity to the tumor cells in vitro.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001202:Ascitic Fluid; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005347:Fibroblasts; D005936:Glucans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D047071:beta-Glucans
chemical_list: D005936:Glucans; D047071:beta-Glucans; C033363:beta-1,3-glucan