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Augmentation of human natural killer cells by splenopentin analogs

  • A. Rastogi
  • , V. K. Singh*
  • , S. Biswas
  • , W. Haq
  • , K. B. Mathur
  • , S. S. Agarwal
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Splenopentin, Arg-Lys-Glu-Val-Tyr (SP-5) and its synthetic analogs; Arg-d-Lys-Glu-Val-Tyr (pentapeptide 1), Lys-Lys-Glu-Val-Tyr (2), d-Lys-Lys-Glu-Val-Tyr (3), Arg-Lys-Gly-Val-Tyr (4), and Arg-Lys-Gln-Val-Tyr (5) have been examined for augmentation of human natural killer (NK) cell activity and human T-cell transformation response. Pentapeptides 2 and 3 were found to significantly augment the in vitro human NK cell activity. However, none of them had any effect on lymphocyte proliferative responses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-95
Number of pages3
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume317
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Feb 1993

Keywords

  • Immunomodulator
  • NK. cell cytotoxicity
  • Splenopentin
  • T-cell transformation
  • Thymopoietin

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