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Importance, mechanisms and limitations of the distant bystander effect in cancer gene therapy of experimental liver tumors.
Cancer letters - 8 May 2002
Engelmann Carsten, Heslan Jean Marie, Fabre Monique, Lagarde Jean Pierre, Klatzmann David, Panis Yves
Abstract excerpt
GCV-ablation of transplanted TK-positive liver tumors or the application of syngenic and allogenic HSV-TK/GCV oncolysates significantly reduced the size of synchronously growing untreated sister tumors in the liver. These TK-negative liver tumors constantly showed an increased infiltration by mononuclears (x4). The relative abundance of CD 4/8, NK and monocyte subtypes remained constant. The distant bystander...
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