| Literature DB >> 15095315 |
Anna Kleiman1, Natalia Senyuta, Alexey Tryakin, Marlies Sauter, Apollon Karseladze, Sergei Tjulandin, Vladimir Gurtsevitch, Nikolaus Mueller-Lantzsch.
Abstract
Germ cell tumors (GCT) are strictly associated with the expression of HERV-K(HML-2) proviruses, and the majority of GCT patients produce antibodies to structural proteins of these proviruses. The objective of our study was to determine the significance of the serological response to HERV-K(HML-2) Gag and Env proteins for diagnosis, management of GCT patients and estimation of the therapy success. The data document a strong association of HERV-K(HML-2) antibodies and the clinical manifestation of the disease and therapy success. HERV-K(HML-2) antibodies seem to have an important diagnostic value as well as indicator of chemotherapy success. Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15095315 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11649
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Cancer ISSN: 0020-7136 Impact factor: 7.396