Publication Date:
1980-10-10
Description:
Tumor cell membrane glycoproteins may be involved in the induction of tumor immunity or in the escape of tumors from immunologic defense mechanisms. Forty-four benign and malignant breast lesions were examined for the presence of a carbohydrate precursor antigen (T antigen) of the human blood group system MN. T antigen was demonstrated by means of an immunohistochemical technique to detect tissue binding of peanut agglutinin, a plant lectin, with affinity for T antigen. Malignant breast lesions showed a pattern of T antigen expression different from that of benign breast tissues. A possible role for T antigen in the modulation of the immune response to breast carcinoma is suggested.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Howard, D R -- Batsakis, J G -- IR23 CA 28128-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1980 Oct 10;210(4466):201-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6997995" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Antibody Formation
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*Antigens, Neoplasm
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Arachis
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Breast Neoplasms/*immunology/ultrastructure
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Cytoplasm/immunology
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Female
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Glycoproteins/immunology
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Humans
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Immunoenzyme Techniques
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Lectins
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MNSs Blood-Group System
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Plant Lectins
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
