LEUKOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC ACTIVITY IN CULTURES OF UNSTIMULATED HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES

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Abstract
We have shown earlier that unstimulated human lymphocytes in in vitro cultures produce migration inhibitory factor into the supernatant. The evidence of spontaneous lymphokine synthesis is strengthened further by this study, which demonstrates leukocyte chemotactic activity in these culture supernatants. The factor has a molecular weight of more than 5000 daltons, it resisted heating for 15 min at 100°C., and showed maximum activity at dilution 1:4–1:8 of the supernatants.