Article
Gradual loss of T-helper 1 populations in spleen of mice during progressive tumor growth.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 4 Oct 1995
Ghosh P, Komschlies K L, Cippitelli M, Longo D L, Subleski J, Ye J, Sica A, Young H A, Wiltrout R H, Ochoa A C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The carefully orchestrated events that result in a protective immune response are coordinated to a large extent by cytokines produced by T helper 1 (Th1) and T helper 2 (Th2) T-cell subsets, which are two arms of the immune system. Th1 cells preferentially produce interleukin 2 (IL-2), interferon gamma (IFN gamma), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), resulting in a cellular response that helps to...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell
- Colonic Neoplasms
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Disease Progression
- Electrophoresis
- Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains
- Interferon-gamma
- Interleukin-2
- Kidney Neoplasms
