Article
Association between orosomucoid types and cancer.
Oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Fan C, Stendahl U, Stjernberg N, Beckman L
Abstract excerpt
Orosomucoid (ORM) is a polymorphic acute-phase reactant with immunosuppressive properties. Previous investigations have suggested that ORM and other acute-phase reactants may act as blocking factors protecting tumor cells against immunological attack, thereby contributing to the 'immune escape' of the tumor. ORM types were studied by isoelectric focusing and immunoprinting in patients with carcinoma of the...
Topics
- Alleles
- Breast Neoplasms
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genital Neoplasms, Female
- Humans
- Immunoblotting
- Isoelectric Focusing
- Lung Neoplasms
- Male
- Orosomucoid
- Phenotype