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Enhancement of macrophage colony-stimulating factor in mice by carbon particle

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Carbon particles enhance hemopoiesis in irradiated mice. Serum from carbon-treated mice stimulated macrophage colony formation, and inhibited granulocyte colony formation. The finding suggests that carbon-treatment modulates the hemopoietic environment through the monocyte-macrophage system.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, 606, Kyoto, Japan

    M. Tsurusawa, H. Izumi, J. Fujita & K. J. Mori

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  1. M. Tsurusawa
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This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Cancer Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan.

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Tsurusawa, M., Izumi, H., Fujita, J. et al. Enhancement of macrophage colony-stimulating factor in mice by carbon particle. Experientia 38, 1231–1232 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959758

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