McGirl A, Shea G, Melinn M, McLaughlin H
Department of Pathology, University College Dublin, Ireland.
J Leukoc Biol. 1990 Jun;47(6):514-8. doi: 10.1002/jlb.47.6.514.
We have studied normal human lymphocytes stimulated by concanavalin A to determine the rate and extent of development of cytoplasmic granules. Morphological studies on stimulated lymphocytes were undertaken at the light and electron microscopic level. The percentage of T lymphocytes bearing different CD antigens (CD3, CD4, and CD8) that also contained cytoplasmic granules was also assessed. Granules were identified in a high percentage of lymphocytes bearing each of the three CD markers studied.