In peripheral blood cells from ALL patients, human serum thymic factor increased E+ cell numbers in 3 of 24 patients.
In plain wordsIn lab tests, thymic factor increased E+ cells compared with before incubation in 3 of 24 ALL patients.
- Outcome
- IncreaseE+ cell number
- Study
humann = 24
peripheral blood mononuclear cells from ALL patients- Comparator
- Before thymic factor incubation
- Outcome group
- Immune response · Immune and inflammation
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- patients with increased E+ cells
- 3 patients
- ALL
- patients tested
- 24 patients
- ALL
Source sentences
In 3 out of 24 patients tested, the thymic factor incubation of peripheral-blood mononuclears increased the number of E+cells.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The Authors studied the effect of the human serum thymic factor on the peripheral-blood leukocytes from ALL patients, by testing the frequency of the E+cells by means of the e rosette assay before and after cell incubation with the above mentioned factor.