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. 1980 Jul;42(1):21-5.
doi: 10.1038/bjc.1980.198.

Cytolysis of fibroblasts by C3a

A Temple, A C Allison
Free PMC article

Cytolysis of fibroblasts by C3a

A Temple et al. Br J Cancer. 1980 Jul.
Free PMC article

Abstract

C3a was found to be more cytolytic to transformed than to primary fibroblast cultures from mouse and man. Fibroblasts made quiescent with caffeine were lysed by the same concentrations of C3a as untreated cells. These findings may have implications in tumour immunity.

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