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Normal host MΦ culture supernatants inhibited normal host Lyt-2⁺ cells at high doses and enhanced at low doses, but enhanced TBH Lyt-2⁺ cell proliferation at both low and high doses. Enhancement of the proliferative response of Lyt-2⁺ cytotoxic/suppressor cells in the presence of normal and TBH MΦ culture supernatants is discussed as to its application to the progressive decline of cell-mediated immunity in the TBH. MΦ culture supernatants were found to contain two high molecular weight (80,000 and 45,000) inhibitory factors, and a lower molecular weight (13,000) enhancing factor as evidenced by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and G-1OO Sephadex column chromatography. The data suggest that the enhancer may be interleukin 1. 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Normal host MΦ culture supernatants inhibited normal host Lyt-2⁺ cells at high doses and enhanced at low doses, but enhanced TBH Lyt-2⁺ cell proliferation at both low and high doses. Enhancement of the proliferative response of Lyt-2⁺ cytotoxic/suppressor cells in the presence of normal and TBH MΦ culture supernatants is discussed as to its application to the progressive decline of cell-mediated immunity in the TBH. MΦ culture supernatants were found to contain two high molecular weight (80,000 and 45,000) inhibitory factors, and a lower molecular weight (13,000) enhancing factor as evidenced by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and G-1OO Sephadex column chromatography. The data suggest that the enhancer may be interleukin 1. Prostaglandins and interferon are potent inhibitors of the immune response, and although they were detected in very small quantities in the MΦ culture supernatants, their contribution to the inhibitory activity observed in those supernatants could not be ruled out.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Black, Sandra Pettit"],"institution":"Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University","degree_name":"M.S.","degree_level":"masters","degree_discipline":"Microbiology","degree_department":"Microbiology","school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1983,"date_issued":"1983","date_published":"1983","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:20:32Z","subjects":[],"languages":["en"],"rights":["In Copyright"],"rights_urls":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10919/112478","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.department","label":"Department","values":["Microbiology"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Black, Sandra Pettit"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2022-11-09T06:27:48Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2022-11-09T06:27:48Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["1983"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"dc:type.dcmitype","label":"Dc Type Dcmitype","values":["Text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Microbiology"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["masters"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["M.S."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["en"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["In Copyright"]},{"key":"dc:rights.uri","label":"Rights URI","values":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/10919/112478"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["The mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) was used to examine the blastogenic response of normal and tumor-bearing host (TBH) murine T lymphocyte subpopulations in the presence of normal and TBH macrophage (MΦ)-derived factors. 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