streptococcal group A mitogen

extracellular product of group A streptococci nonspecifically mitogenic for both B & T lymphocytes; may be same as erythrogenic toxin (see related record)

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Rheumatic Heart Disease (Rheumatic Heart Diseases) 02/01/1987 - "These tonsillar preparations from patients with rheumatic heart disease generated a smaller proportion of T8+ cultured cells and a greater T4/T8 ratio of cultured cells in response to group A streptococcal blastogen A than did nonrheumatic subjects." 08/01/1982 - "The mediation of the T cell lymphoproliferative response to streptococcal blastogen A by non-T mononuclear cells was studied in patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and control subjects. " 11/01/1988 - "Natural killer cell activity and alterations in cytotoxicity after culture with streptococcal blastogen A and phytohemagglutinin (PHA) were examined in patients with inactive rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and control patients. "

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