Phenotype and function of natural killer cells in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma.

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Phenotype and function of natural killer cells in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma.

Cancer research - 15 Oct 1991

LeFever A V, Funahashi A

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Decreased peripheral blood natural killer (NK) cell lytic activity may be associated with tumor presence. We evaluated peripheral blood NK lytic activity in 38 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and compared this to ten normal volunteers of comparable age. The patients with carcinoma had signif...

Topics

Adenocarcinoma
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
Carcinoma, Small Cell
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
Humans
Interleukin-2
Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated
Killer Cells, Natural
Lung Neoplasms
Lymphocyte Subsets
Middle Aged
Phenotype

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PMID: 1655257

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