Article
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 b...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antigens, CD
- Ascitic Fluid
- Clone Cells
- Cystadenocarcinoma
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Immunity, Cellular
- Immunophenotyping
- Interferon-gamma
- Interleukin-2
- Lymphocytes
- Middle Aged
- Ovarian Neoplasms