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Activation of human peritoneal immune cells in early stages of gastric and colon cancer.
Surgery - 1 Feb 2007
Olszewski Waldemar L, Kubicka Urszula, Tarnowski Wiesław, Bielecki Krzysztof, Ziolkowska Anna, Wesolowska Anna
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The immune reaction of the peritoneum to growing gastrointestinal neoplasms remains unclear. We investigated mobilization of immune cells in peritoneal fluid of gastric and colon cancer, phenotypes and level of activation of recruited cells, and concentration of cellular and peritoneal fluid cytokines. METHODS: Peritoneal cells (PCs) were obtained intraoperatively by peritoneal lavage from 18 patients...
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