<i>N</i>-Acetylcysteine enhances T cell functions and T cell growth in culture

Eylar, E.H.; Rivera-Quiñones, Cynthia; Molina, Carmen; Báez, Ineavely; Molina, Félix; M. Mercado, Carmen

doi:10.1093/intimm/5.1.97

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N-Acetylcysteine enhances T cell functions and T cell growth in culture

Published in International Immunology • Jan 1, 1993

Authors:

E.H. Eylar

Cynthia Rivera-Quiñones

Carmen Molina

Abstract

N-Acetylcystelne (NAC) is highly nontoxic for peripheral blood T cells and immunostimulatory enhancing T cell functions such as mitogenesis, interleukin-2 (IL-2) production, and growth in culture. NAC has been proposed for the treatment of AIDS based on its inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus...

Subject

Acetylcysteine

Peripheral blood mononuclear cell

Interleukin 2

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