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Colony formation in vitro by leukaemic cells in acute myelogenous leukaemia with phytohaemagglutinin as stimulating factor

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HUMAN bone marrow contains cells which form leukocyte colonies of 50 or more cells. Each such colony arises from a single cell1, belonging predominantly to the myeloid series2,3, which is subject to regulation in vitro by humoral colony-stimulating factor generated by peripheral leukocytes4,5.

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  1. University of Texas System Cancer Center, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, 6723 Bertner, Houston, Texas, 77025

    K. A. DICKE, G. SPITZER & M. J. AHEARN

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DICKE, K., SPITZER, G. & AHEARN, M. Colony formation in vitro by leukaemic cells in acute myelogenous leukaemia with phytohaemagglutinin as stimulating factor. Nature 259, 129–130 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259129a0

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