1982 Volume 136 Issue 4 Pages 463-464
TANNO, Y. and TAKISHIMA, T. Enhancing Effect of Saccharated Ferric Oxide on Human Lymphocyte Transformation in Serum-Free Medium. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1982, 136 (4), 463-464-The effect of saccharated ferric oxide on the response of human peripheral lymphocytes to stimulation by phytohemagglutinin in serum-free medium was studied by measuring the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into DNA. The addition of saccharated ferric oxide resulted in a significant increase in [3H]thymidine uptake not only with mitogen added, but also without mitogen, suggesting that this compound itself was mitogenic.