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Lymphocytes isolated from the peritoneal fluid of women with advanced ovarian carcinoma differ significantly from autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Mar 1993
Melioli G, Ferrari I, Casartelli G, Ragni N
Abstract excerpt
The phenotypic and functional analysis of ovarian carcinoma-associated lymphocytes (OCAL), obtained from a group of patients with neoplastic carcinosis, reveals major differences between OCAL and peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL). Virtually all of the OCAL belong to the T cell lineage, whereas both B and natural killer (NK) cells are virtually absent. NK activity is also significantly lower than that exerted by...
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