| Literature DB >> 4752038 |
O N Manousos, J Economidou, C Pathouli, G Merikas.
Abstract
The cellular immune mechanisms of patients with adenocarcinoma of colon or rectum were evaluated by studying the lymphocyte response to PHA stimulation. Our results indicate that the serum of cancer patients causes a decreased blastic transformation and H(3) thymidine uptake of the lymphocytes of patients as well as of normal controls. A defect of the lymphocytes unrelated to serum factors was also present in some cancer patients. However, no relationship was found between the degree of transformation and the presence of metastases in the lymph nodes.Entities:
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Year: 1973 PMID: 4752038 PMCID: PMC1412773 DOI: 10.1136/gut.14.9.739
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gut ISSN: 0017-5749 Impact factor: 23.059