“…In recent years there have been reports indicating an association between a2-macroglobulin (a2M, MW 820 000) and the development and function of lymphocytes (McNeill, 1970;Havemann, Dosch, and Burger, 1970;Chase, 1972;Ford, Caspary, and Shenton, 1973). There are also indications that it is present on the surface of a subpopulation of lymphocytes (Sell, 1970;McCormick, Nelson, Tunstall, and James, 1973;James, Tunstall, Parker, and McCormick, 1974) and may be synthesized by peripheral blood lymphocytes (van Furth, Shuit, and Hijmans, 1966;Tunstall and James, 1974).…”