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  • Title: In vitro studies in reproductive immunology. - 2. Demonstration of the inhibitory effect of male genital tract constituents on PHA-stimulated mitogenesis and E-rosette formation of human lymphocytes.
    Author: Marcus ZH, Hess EV, Herman JH, Troiano P, Freisheim J.
    Journal: J Reprod Immunol; 1979 Jul; 1(2):97-107. PubMed ID: 551172.
    Abstract:
    The effect of male genital tract components (human spermatozoa, intact and chromatographed seminal plasma fractions) on in vitro cell-mediated immune reactions was examined. Their addition to PHA-containing lymphocyte cultures resulted in a marked degree of inhibition of DNA synthesis, the response varying with the fractions employed. The interference by such components with a terminal cell event during blast transformation was suggested by the failure of stimulated cultures to incorporate thymidine irrespective of the time during the incubation period at which the constituents were added. Seminal plasma and sperm extracts were also shown to inhibit T-cell associated E-rosette formation. The inhibitory properties of genital fractions remained unaltered after repetitive freeze-thaw cycling when tested in the transformation and E-rosette assays. Heating to 100 degrees C modified the response with some of the fractions.
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