Poke weed mitogen requires Toll-like receptor ligands for proliferative activity in human and murine...
Poke weed mitogen requires Toll-like receptor ligands for proliferative activity in human and murine B lymphocytes
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Poke weed mitogen (PWM), a lectin purified from Phytolacca americana is frequently used as a B cell-specific stimulus to trigger proliferation and immunoglobulin secretion. In the present study we investigated the mechanisms underlying the B cell stimulatory capacity of PWM. Strikingly, we observed that highly purified PWM preparations failed to in...
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Poke weed mitogen requires Toll-like receptor ligands for proliferative activity in human and murine B lymphocytes
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1322351819
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1322351819
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0029806