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Histamine (10(-4) M) suppressed the PHA-induced activation of lymphocytes in vitro. This was shown by inhibition of the expression of DR- and 4F2-antigens, of the blast transformation, DNA- and RNA-synthesis, and the formation of thermostable sheep erythrocyte rosettes. Histamine affect these phenomenons only when added to the culture during the first hours. Already 6 hrs after addition of PHA, it exerted no significant suppression. The target of the inhibiting effect of histamine is the G0-G1-transition of the lymphocytes. Cells that already had entered the G1-phase were no more susceptible to histamine.
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