| Literature DB >> 6119412 |
K Sikora, T Alderson, J Phillips, J V Watson.
Abstract
Intratumoral lymphocytes from 12 patients undergoing craniotomy for malignant glioma were fused with a specially derived human myeloma line LICR-LON-HMy2. 71 stable hybridomas were obtained from 5 of the 12 patients. Such hybridomas had a DNA content equal to the sum of that present in lymphocytes and the parent myeloma. The hybridoma supernatants contained human monoclonal immunoglobulins. Glioma-binding activity was detected in 7 out of the 71 supernatants. These results suggest that malignant gliomas contain a population of B lymphocytes which may be involved in host defence against the tumour.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 6119412 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(82)92556-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321