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The kinetics of inhibition with methotrexate and vinblastine of the primary immune response to sheep red blood cells in mice. 1978

V Romanycheva, and V A Babichev, and B S Uteshev, and A G Kalinkovitch

Forty-eight or 72 h after immunization with sheep red blood cells, CBA mice were injected intraperitoneally with a single dose of methotrexate or vinblastine, 2.5 mg/kg and 1.5 mg/kg respectively, and then the number of direct plaque-forming cells in their spleen was estimated at 4-h intervals. The PFC growth curve showed an exponential and staircase pattern. After administration of both cytostatics, the PFC numbers in the spleen of mice changed in a wave-like fashion: the increase was accompanied by a decrease. In some parts of the curves obtained the PFC numbers increased or decreased 2 to 7 times within 4 hours. A marked increase in PFC numbers in the controls and in animals treated with both cytostatics occurred at 60, 72--76, 84--88 h of the immune response. It is suggested that methotrexate and vinblastine do not prevent recruitment of precursor cells into PFC and consequently the number of PFC increases. The decrease in PFC numbers under the influence of both cytostatics presumably results from "unbalanced growth".

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008297	Male		Males
D008727	Methotrexate	An antineoplastic antimetabolite with immunosuppressant properties. It is an inhibitor of TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE and prevents the formation of tetrahydrofolate, necessary for synthesis of thymidylate, an essential component of DNA.	Amethopterin,Methotrexate Hydrate,Methotrexate Sodium,Methotrexate, (D)-Isomer,Methotrexate, (DL)-Isomer,Methotrexate, Dicesium Salt,Methotrexate, Disodium Salt,Methotrexate, Sodium Salt,Mexate,Dicesium Salt Methotrexate,Hydrate, Methotrexate,Sodium, Methotrexate
D008808	Mice, Inbred CBA	An inbred strain of mouse that is widely used in BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH.	Mice, CBA,Mouse, CBA,Mouse, Inbred CBA,CBA Mice,CBA Mice, Inbred,CBA Mouse,CBA Mouse, Inbred,Inbred CBA Mice,Inbred CBA Mouse
D002452	Cell Count	The number of CELLS of a specific kind, usually measured per unit volume or area of sample.	Cell Density,Cell Number,Cell Counts,Cell Densities,Cell Numbers,Count, Cell,Counts, Cell,Densities, Cell,Density, Cell,Number, Cell,Numbers, Cell
D004912	Erythrocytes	Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN.	Blood Cells, Red,Blood Corpuscles, Red,Red Blood Cells,Red Blood Corpuscles,Blood Cell, Red,Blood Corpuscle, Red,Erythrocyte,Red Blood Cell,Red Blood Corpuscle
D005260	Female		Females
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000921	Antibody-Producing Cells	Cells of the lymphoid series that can react with antigen to produce specific cell products called antibodies. Various cell subpopulations, often B-lymphocytes, can be defined, based on the different classes of immunoglobulins that they synthesize.	Antibody-Producing Cell,Antibody-Secreting Cell,Antibody-Secreting Cells,Immunoglobulin-Producing Cells,Immunoglobulin-Secreting Cells,Antibody Producing Cell,Antibody Producing Cells,Antibody Secreting Cell,Antibody Secreting Cells,Cell, Antibody-Producing,Cell, Antibody-Secreting,Cell, Immunoglobulin-Producing,Cell, Immunoglobulin-Secreting,Cells, Antibody-Producing,Cells, Antibody-Secreting,Cells, Immunoglobulin-Producing,Cells, Immunoglobulin-Secreting,Immunoglobulin Producing Cells,Immunoglobulin Secreting Cells,Immunoglobulin-Producing Cell,Immunoglobulin-Secreting Cell
D013154	Spleen	An encapsulated lymphatic organ through which venous blood filters.