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Polychlorinated biphenyl-induced modification of lymphocyte response to plant mitogens in rats

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In PCB-treated rats total white cell and differential counts and lymphocyte proliferative response to PWM were unaltered. The lymphocyte response to PHA was increased in treated animals.

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  1. M. Bonnyns (Nato Research Fellow)

    Present address: Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, University of Brussels, Saint-Pierre Hospital, B-1000, Bruxelles, Belgium

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  1. McGill University Clinic, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, H3A 1A1, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    M. Bonnyns (Nato Research Fellow) & C. H. Bastomsky

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Acknowledgements. Supported by grants from the Medical Research Council of Canada. We thank the Monsanto Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo., for donating Aroclor 1254 and Dr.P. Cano for the protein determinations and electrophoresis.

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Bonnyns, M., Bastomsky, C.H. Polychlorinated biphenyl-induced modification of lymphocyte response to plant mitogens in rats. Experientia 32, 522–523 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920835

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