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- Nelson, K, et al.
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Separation of rat leukocytes by countercurrent distribution in aqueous two-phase systems. II. Subpopulations which mediate selective and nonselective lysis of normal and colon carcinoma target cells in vitro
- 1978
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Ingår i: Cellular Immunology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0008-8749. ; 37:2, s. 422-431
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Spleen cells from WF rats immunized to allogeneic lymphoid cells or to syngeneic colon carcinomas and from unimmunized controls were separated by countercurrent distribution in aqueous two-phase systems. The cells were assayed for cytotoxicity to allogeneic fibroblasts or syngeneic colon carcinoma cells and to syngeneic fibroblasts in a 24-hr 51Cr-release assay. Cells from immunized rats which selectively lysed the specific target cells were repeatedly found in one area of the distribution separate from the majority of cells, which nonselectively lysed syngeneic fibroblasts as well. A similar subpopulation which nonselectively lysed all target cells assayed was recovered from the spleens of unimmunized rats. The cells were also assayed for the ability to lyse antibody-coated thymocytes in a 4-hr 51Cr-release assay. The peak of K cells was found to overlap partially that of cells with nonselective cytotoxicity.
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- Johansson, C, et al.
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Interaction by cholestyramine on the uptake of hydrocortisone in the gastrointestinal tract.
- 1978
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Ingår i: Acta medica Scandinavica. - 0001-6101. ; 204:6, s. 509-12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- An absolute reduction of the plasma cortisol levels and a delay of the peak concentrations were recorded in 10 healthy subjects, when a bile-sequestering anionic exchange resin, cholestyramine, was given prior to a single oral hydrocortisone dose, indicating that the resin interferes with the uptake of a neutral sterol in the human gastrointestinal tract. The possibility of a direct binding of drug to resin is supported by the affinity of hydrocortisone to cholestyramine in vitro, which was uninfluenced by the presence of sodium taurocholate. Cholestyramine significantly delayed the gastric emptying of a glucose solution, indicating that the resin not only decreases but also delays hydrocortisone absorption. Careful supervision is recommended when treatment with cholestyramine is given concomitant to neutral sterol drugs.
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- Turesson, I, et al.
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Non-secretory or low-secretory myeloma with intracellular kappa chains. Report of six cases and review of the literature
- 1978
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Ingår i: Acta Medica Scandinavica. - : Wiley. - 0001-6101. ; 204:6, s. 51-445
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This report concerns six cases of multiple myeloma characterized by either no demonstrable monoclonal immunoglobulin in plasma or urine or by trace amounts (less than or equal to 0.1 g/l) of monoclonal kappa chains in the urine. In all cases there was an infiltration of the bone marrow by plasma cells containing kappa chains but no heavy chains. A retrospective analysis was made of 126 consecutive cases of Bence Jones myeloma. The number of kappa and lambda cases was approximately the same. All cases secreting less than or equal to 0.1 g light chains per 1 urine were of kappa type. This contrasts with a kappa/lambda ratio of 1.4-1.9 among reported series of M-components containing both heavy and light chains. A review of reported cases of non-secretory myeloma revealed a preserved capacity for Ig synthesis in the majority of cases and among these a preponderance of kappa chain producing clones. These observations might be explained by a higher tendency for kappa chain producing cells to mutate to low secretors or to cells producing abnormal light chains which are catabolized rapidly. The clinical data from our patients do not indicate a more pessimistic prognosis in non- or low-secretory myeloma, than in other cases of multiple myeloma.
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