Cell-mediated immune response to basal cell carcinoma
Open Access
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Dermato-Venereologica
- Vol. 61 (1) , 66-68
- https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555616668
Abstract
The role of cell-mediated immunity in controlling Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) growth was studied by measuring the transformation of lymphocytes when challenged in vitro with aqueous extracts of the patients´ BCCs and of control skin. Tests were carried out in the presence of autologous and heat-treated plasma. Three patients out of 8 showed significantly raised thymidine uptake ratio (TUR). Heat-treated plasma produced higher TURs, indicating the presence of an inhibitory factor.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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