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Objective: To determine the NK activity of lymphocyte subsets and the effects of low dose radiation. Methods: Lymphocyte subsets were separated by monoclonal antibodies. The NK activity of each subset on tumor cells was detected by radioactive release method. Results: The results showed that besides NK cells, CD4, CD8 and B cells alone can kill tumor cells. But the cell-killing activity of NK cells appeared to be strongest There was synergistic effect between CD4 and NK cells. The activity of mixed lymphocytes was more than that of only one subset. The effect of low dose radiation (LDR) on NK activity of panlymphocytes or NK cells was different. Conclusion: This paper demonstrated that NK activity of mononuclear cells was called “NK activity of lymphocytes”, but it is not true. Only when NK cells were separated by monoclonal antibodies, its killer activity can be called “activity of NK cells”.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 3870902).
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Su, L., Tian, H., Xu, Y. et al. NK activity of lymphocyte subsets and the effects of low dose radiation. Chin J Cancer Res 10, 37–40 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02974657
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