The only other finding, observed in the 5-day study exclusively, was an increased ability of splenocytes to be activated by a T-cell mitogen ex vivo. |
Platelet-derived growth factor is a major polypeptide growth factor found in human serum, platelets and fibroblasts and is a potent mitogen for cells of mesenchymal origin. |
A mitogen is a stimulus that comes from outside the cell. |
Mitogen activated protein kinase p38 controls the expression and posttranslational modification of tristetraprolin, a regulator of tumor necrosis factor alpha mRNA stability. |
Pokeweed mitogen is one of the few lectins that stimulates B lymphocytes as well as T lymphocytes. |
The present results suggest that SUL-III may be a useful tool as a novel mitogen. |