TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 1991 , Vol 6 , Num 1 - 2
S ERDEM, A KAYSERİLİOĞLU, S EKMEKÇİOĞLU, SEYFETTİN KUTER, SEVİM BÜYÜKDEVRİM
İstanbul Tıp Fak. Fizyoloji AD Sera of rat stimulated by plant lectins PHA (Phytohemagglutinin) and PWM (Pokweed mitogen) were injected to lethal dose irradiated mice 20 hours before irradiation. The survival rates were % 80 in the PWM-induced serum injekted group, % 65 in the PHA-induced serum injekted group respectively. CFUs tests performed before and after radiation showed that the hematopoietic stem cells increased especially in the PWM-induced serum injected group. Keywords :