Peripheral blood lymphocytes are able to maintain their viability and basic function in normal urine

• Main Authors: Azin Aghamajidi (Author), Hesam Babaei khameneh (Author), Narges Amirjamshidi (Author), Zeinab Abedian (Author), Hamidreza Khorasani (Author), Amrollah Mostafazadeh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Similar to inflammatory cells, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) can also infiltrate in to kidney and urinary tracts and subsequently excreted by urine. In this study we determined the viability rate and response to phytohemagglutinin-A (PHA) of human PBMCs in normal urine. Meth...