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Impaired lymphocyte responses and their restoration in oral cancer patients expressing distinct TCR variable region.
Cancer investigation - 1 Jun 2008
Wadia Persis, Rao Dakshayini, Pradhan Trupti, Pathak Alok, Chiplunkar Shubhada
Abstract excerpt
We have analyzed TCR Vbeta gene usage and clonality of T cells in the peripheral blood of patients with oral cancer and healthy individuals. A large repertoire of clonal TCR Vbeta was observed in the peripheral blood of cancer patients, and this clonal expansion was dominantly represented in the CD8+ T cells. A marked decrease in the lymphocyte proliferative responses to mitogen and anti-CD3 MAb and spontaneous...
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