INVITRO TESTS OF CELLULAR IMMUNITY IN MAN

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 1  (3) , 227-248
Abstract
There has been a recent rapid increase in the number of assays for cellular immunity in man and in information related to the mechanisms underlying the observed reactions. These tests have been applied clinically for 3 main purposes: evaluation of cell-mediated immune competence of patients with primary immune deficiencies and of possible immunological depression associated with cancer or other diseases, determination of major differences in HLA which might be important in rejection of organ transplants; some cellular immune assays have become part of the routine battery of assays used for immunological evaluation of potential donors and recipients and measurement of specific immune reactivity against antigens associated with a variety of diseases, including infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases and cancer.

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