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  • Title: Suppression of natural cytotoxic activity of lymphocytes from cattle and sheep during the progress of bovine leukosis.
    Author: Yamamoto S, Onuma M, Kodama H, Mikami T, Izawa H.
    Journal: Vet Microbiol; 1984 Apr; 9(2):105-11. PubMed ID: 6328736.
    Abstract:
    Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from cattle and sheep exhibited natural cytotoxicity on a fetal lamb kidney (FLK) cell line that was persistently infected with bovine leukemia virus (BLV) by 20-h 51Cr release assay. This cytotoxic activity was tested using PBL from normal cattle and sheep or BLV-infected animals. Although cytotoxic activity was also found in PBL from normal animals and from BLV-infected, but clinically healthy animals, the activity in PBL from animals with persistent lymphocytosis or leukemic animals was markedly decreased. The cytotoxic activity of PBL from 3 sheep sequentially tested before and during the disease was found to decrease gradually with the progress of the disease, and finally no cytotoxic activity was found at the time of death due to leukemia. These results suggest that the natural cytotoxic activity in PBL may have a role in immunosurveillance for progress of the tumor.
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