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Effects of an anti-tumor polysaccharide, schizophyllan, on interferon-gamma and interleukin 2 production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

We examined the effect of schizophyllan, a neutral glucan isolated from the culture filtrate of Schizophyllum commune Fries, on the production of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin 2 (IL 2) from the mitogen-stimulated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). When the levels of IFN-gamma and IL 2 in the culture medium of phytohemagglutin (PHA)- or concanavalin A (Con A)-stimulated PBMC were measured by radioimmunoassay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) respectively, a significant increase in the production of both cytokines by schizophyllan was demonstrated. These results suggest that the increased production of IFN-gamma and IL 2 may be responsible for the anti-tumor activity of this glucan.[1]

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  1. Effects of an anti-tumor polysaccharide, schizophyllan, on interferon-gamma and interleukin 2 production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Sakagami, Y., Mizoguchi, Y., Shin, T., Seki, S., Kobayashi, K., Morisawa, S., Yamamoto, S. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1988) [Pubmed]
 
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