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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
Fifty-four patients with epidermoid head and neck cancer were studied with routine and modified mixed leukocyte culture (MLC) techniques to quantify and characterize their cell-mediated immunity (CMI). Of these, 67% demonstrated deficient CMI in MLC. Employing G-10 column filtration to remove adherent cells selectively, the authors found that 56% of these deficient individuals demonstrated significantly increased lymphocyte responsiveness in MLC. Returning the adherent cells to the cultures usually recaptured the suppressive effect of these adherent cells. Cell marker analyses reveal that the macrophage is the most likely candidate for this suppressive cell. Therapeutic measures which address this paradoxically suppressive cell could be of benefit in enhancing CMI and gaining tumor control.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0023-852X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
470-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Deficient cell-mediated immunity in head and neck cancer patients secondary to autologous suppressive immune cells.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.