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. 1936 Nov 30;64(6):943–951. doi: 10.1084/jem.64.6.943

TISSUE CULTURE STUDIES ON BACTERIAL HYPERSENSITIVITY

III. THE PERSISTENCE IN VITRO OF THE INHERENT SENSITIVITY TO TUBERCULIN OF CELLS FROM TUBERCULOUS ANIMALS

Johannes K Moen 1
PMCID: PMC2133466  PMID: 19870579

Abstract

1. Mononuclear exudative cells, obtained from tuberculous guinea pigs by the intrapleural injection of parowax, exhibited characteristic sensitivity to the toxic action of tuberculin when tested in tissue culture. 2. Experiments with these cells, practically free of body fluids, show conclusively that sensitivity to tuberculin is an inherent characteristic of mesenchymal cells from tuberculous animals. 3. Fibroblastic growths which developed from mononuclear exudative cells derived from a tuberculous animal showed persistence of sensitivity to the toxic action of tuberculin on repeated transplantations over a prolonged period in vitro.

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