Effect of silica on the spontaneous cytotoxicity of axial organ cells from Asterias rubens.

✍ Scribed by M. Leclerc; M. Bajelan; R. Barot; H. Tlaskalova-Hogenova

• Book ID: 102563683
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 84 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1065-6995
• DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1993.1141

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Axial organ cells (A.O.) which are composed of phagocytes and lymphocytes from the sea star Asterias rubens exert a spontaneous cytotoxicity against mouse tumour cells. This toxicity was tested in the presence or absence of silica. It appears that phagocytes play the role of killer cells.