Abstract: | 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3, an active metabolite of vitamin D, decreases the number of antibody-producing cells in C57B1/6 mice immunized with sheep erythrocytes, suppresses lymphocytes proliferation in response to stimulation with pokeweed mitogen and concanavalin A, and stimulates functional activity of macrophages. Translated fromByulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 123, No. 1, pp. 63–65, January, 1997 |