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Corynebacterium was found to be mitogenic to human peripheral blood lyphocytes. T-cell preparations purified by nylon wool columns or sheep red cell sedimentation responded as well as nonpurified lymphocyte preparations. Umbilical cord blood T-cells responded also to C. parvum. It is concluded that C. parvum is mitogenic to human T-cells.
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Godal, T., Klepp, O. & Onsrud, M. Mitogenic effect of Corynebacterium parvum on T-lymphocytes of human peripheral blood. Cancer Immunol Immunother 3, 69–71 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00199329
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