Table 1

A selection of published research resulting in the characterization of factors involved in T/B cell interactions

Finding
References

Discovery of soluble factors enhancing antibody production
[53–55]
Discovery of a T cell replacing factor
[56]
Induction of immunoglobulin production in B cells using rabbit lymphocytes or murine B cells
[57,58]
Two factors involved in B cell growth and B cell differentiation
[59]
BCGF
[60]
BCGF-II induced growth of and IgM production in murine B cells (now IL-5)
[61]
BSF-1 cloned (now IL-4)
[10]
BCDF/BSF-2 (IL-6)
[62]

BCDF, B cell differentiation factor; BCGF, B cell growth factor; BSF, B cell stimulatory factor; IL, interleukin.

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