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. 1988;10(3):253-9.
doi: 10.1016/0192-0561(88)90056-2.

Mechanism of lithium-induced augmentation of T-cell proliferation

E J Kucharz  1 , S Sierakowski, N D Staite, J S Goodwin
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Mechanism of lithium-induced augmentation of T-cell proliferation

E J Kucharz et al. Int J Immunopharmacol. 1988.

Abstract

The mechanism whereby lithium augments mitogen-stimulated T-cell proliferation was investigated. Lithium in a concentration of 5mM caused a significant increase in interleukin 2 (IL-2) production after phytohemagglutinin (PHA) stimulation. Lithium also caused an increase in interleukin 1 production from peripheral blood monocytes. Lithium did not influence the expression of IL-2 receptors on T-cells. However, lithium did result in increased proliferative response to IL-2 in an IL-2 responsive cell line. Thus, lithium influences the T-cell proliferation response to mitogens in several ways, by stimulation of lymphokine and monokine production as well as by augmenting the response of IL-2 responsive cells to IL-2.

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