Tumor Specific Transplantation Antigen

ISBN-13: 9783642885389 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 78 str.

Pavel Koldovsky

Spis treści

Methods of Induction of Antitumour Immunity.- A. Immunization with Viable Tumour Cells.- B. Immunization with Tumour after Eliminating its Capacity for Repopulation.- Methods of Detection of Antitumour Immunity.- Tumour-Specificity of the Antigen Detected by the Method of Transplantation Resistance.- Specific Tumour Antigenicity and the Aetiology of the Tumour.- Chemical Carcinogens.- Virus Induced Tumours.- Immunity Directed against Spontaneous Tumours.- Immunity Directed against Tumours of Various Origin.- Individual Specificity of the Tumour Antigen.- Stability of Antigen.- The Characteristics of TSTA.- The Relation of TSTA to Tumour-Specific Antigens Detected by other Methods.- The Mechanisms of Antitumour Immunity.- Immunity and Carcinogenesis.- Tolerance to TSTA.- Immunological Enhancement in Relation to TSTA.- Tumour Growth and Development of Immunity.- Theoretical and Practical Possibilities of the Presence of Transplantation Immunity against Tumours in Man.- Indirect Evidence.- The Possibility of the Presence of Organ Specific Antigen in Cancer Tissues.- Chorioepithelioma.- Summary and Perspectives.- References.