User:Lflores13/Pokeweed mitogen

Research
Pokeweed mitogen is also used in research studies to stimulate different lymphocytes and observe change. When looking at deficiency of CD26 in knockout mice, after stimulation with PWM the role of CD26 in development of CD4 + T cells was observed. Another study where PWM was used as a stimulus was in the proteome analysis of lymphocytes of different immune phenotypes in cows. Other research involves the PWM lectin playing a role in cancer detection. The PWM lectin was found to have affinity for human colorectal cancers indicating its usefulness in analysis of glycoconjugates found in colorectal cancer and detection of cancerous tissue.