{"title":"Augmentation of cytotoxicity by natural killer (NK) cells after adrenaline administration in man.","authors":"E Tønnesen, J Tønnesen, N J Christensen","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>After administration of 0.2 mg adrenaline subcutaneously to 8 healthy individuals, natural killer (NK) cell activity of peripheral mononuclear cells increased within 15-30 min (p less than 0.005) and returned to baseline values within two hours. The activity was correlated to plasma adrenaline concentration (r = 0.52, p less than 0.001). No changes in NK cell activity were observed in 3 control subjects receiving an injection of 0.2 ml saline.</p>","PeriodicalId":77653,"journal":{"name":"Acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica. Section C, Immunology","volume":"92 1","pages":"81-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1984-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica. Section C, Immunology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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After administration of 0.2 mg adrenaline subcutaneously to 8 healthy individuals, natural killer (NK) cell activity of peripheral mononuclear cells increased within 15-30 min (p less than 0.005) and returned to baseline values within two hours. The activity was correlated to plasma adrenaline concentration (r = 0.52, p less than 0.001). No changes in NK cell activity were observed in 3 control subjects receiving an injection of 0.2 ml saline.