NEW METHOD OF TESTING FOR MITOGEN-INDUCED LYMPHOCYTE STIMULATION - MEASUREMENT OF THE PERCENTAGE OF GROWING CELLS AND OF SOME ASPECTS OF THEIR CELL-KINETICS WITH AN ELECTRONIC PARTICLE COUNTER

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GIBBS, JH
BROWN, RA
ROBERTSON, AJ
POTTS, RC
BECK, JS
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[1] UNIV DUNDEE,DEPT MATH,DUNDEE DD1 4HN,SCOTLAND
[2] NINEWELLS HOSP & MED SCH,DUNDEE DD1 9SY,SCOTLAND
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10.1016/0022-1759(79)90050-4
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Q5 [生物化学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Human lymphocytes were cultured with or without added PHA for periods not exceeding one day so that none of the cells had entered the first mitotic division. The size distribution of the cells was measured with an electronic particle counter and the results were collected in a multichannel analyser. An iterative stochastic model was developed to estimate the proportion of responding cells and their growth characteristics. This mathematical model was based on a few simple assumptions about the pattern of cell growth and was considered to fulfill basic requirements of plausibility and parsimony. The technique described in this paper makes measurement of the absolute percentage of responding cells and their average growth rate in mitogen-induced lymphocyte stimulation tests possible in routine diagnostic laboratories for the first time. © 1979.
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