IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE FACTORS IN SERUM OF PATIENTS WITH GASTRIC CARCINOMA

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 68  (4) , 413-421
Abstract
Sera from patients with gastric carcinoma markedly suppressed normal lymphocyte response to phytohemagglutinin. The effect of this inhibition was correlated with the degree of advance of disease. Inhibitory activities of cancerous sera fractionated by DEAE-cellulose column were found in .alpha.-globulin, .beta.-globulin and .alpha.2-macroglobulin fractions.