STUDIES ON THE NUTRIENTS FOR TISSUE CULTURE OF HUMAN EPIDERMIS
II. The Effects of blood group upon epidermal cell proliferation on tissue culture
1959 Volume 19 Issue 6 Pages 603-614
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1959 Volume 19 Issue 6 Pages 603-614
Epidermis of individuals with varying blood groups, AB, A, B, and O was grown in the nutrient containing homologous serum (taken from the same individual or from the. different individual of the same blood type) as well as heterologous serum or pooled sera, . The results obtained were as follows :
1. In the tissue culture of epidermis, the use of pooled sera in the nutrient gave the best uniform growth.
2. In the case of individual serum, homologous serum gave better growth than. heterologous one but there was no significant difference whether the serum was taken. from the same individual or from the different individual of the same blood type.
3. Heterologous serum always showed poor growth, except that AB serum occasionally showed remarkable growth promoting effect.
4. Further, there was a considerable individual difference in the growth power of epidermis.
