Abstract
High-dose Mycobacterium bovis-infected mice fed a vitamin A acetate-supplemented diet developed a positive skin reaction to purified protein derivative of mycobacteria, and their spleen cells showed an increased IL-2 production in vitro.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Diterpenes
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Female
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Hypersensitivity, Delayed*
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Interleukin-2 / biosynthesis*
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Male
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred CBA
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Mycobacterium bovis
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Retinyl Esters
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T-Lymphocytes / immunology
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Tuberculosis / immunology*
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Vitamin A / administration & dosage
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Vitamin A / analogs & derivatives*
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Vitamin A / pharmacology
Substances
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Diterpenes
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Interleukin-2
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Retinyl Esters
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Vitamin A
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retinol acetate