Autoradiographic and fluorescence antibody studies of the human host immune response to gliomas
Autoradiographic and fluorescence antibody studies of the human host immune response to gliomas
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人类宿主对神经胶质瘤免疫反应的放射自显影和荧光抗体研究
作者:
A. Eggers
A THEORY of a two-stage immunological response to neoplasia has recently been proposed.’ The first stage is held to be mediated by lymphocytes which are specifically sensitized to tumor antigens and may destroy the tumor, thus aborting the disease, or which, in the case of tumors that become clinically apparent, may not be mobilized in sufficient quantities before the appearance of “enhancing antibodies” that coat the tumor and hide it from the lymphocytes. Because the CNS is an immunologically “privileged site”2 with no lymphatic drainage, it seemed possible that any two-stage response to gliomas might be slowed, with the result that the tumors might become clinically apparent after the appearance of specifically sensitized lymphocytes and before the appearance of enhancing antibodies. A report has appeared describing the autoradiographically detected stimulation of autologus lymphocytes by glioblastoma cells in tissue culture, where the tumor cells produced stimulation intermediate between that produced by phytohemagglutinin and that produced by autologus fibroblasts.3 This experimental system was further explored, and the results were correlated with fluorescence antibody findings.