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  • Title: [Recent data on the immunology of tumors. Mechanisms of escape of immunological control. Role of suppressor cells].
    Author: Lespinats G, Poupon MF.
    Journal: Bull Cancer; 1976; 63(2):269-78. PubMed ID: 1086690.
    Abstract:
    Cells in spleens from tumor bearing animals were found to inhibit in vitro reactivity of lymphocytes to a variety of stimulants. These suppressor cells inhibited the stimulation of normal lymphocytes by mitogens : P.H.A.-Con A-L.P.S. They were adherent cells, bore immunoglobulins at their surface and did not bear the 0 marker. They were also demonstrated in T deprived tumor bearing animals. They might be B cells, or, more probably, macrophages. Other activities that are inhibited by the suppressor cells are: -reactivity to allogenic cells in the mixed lymphocyte culture, -in vitro generation of secondary anti tumor cytotoxic effector cells, -macrophage migration inhibition in the presence of immune lymphocytes and tumor extracts, -reactivity against syngeneic tumor cells or tumor extracts. Suppressor cells may play a role in the general immunodepression of tumor bearing hosts, and in the inability of tumor bearing hosts to reject the tumor. However, the biological role of these non T suppressor cells is not clear, as they also inhibit tumor cell growth, and in vivo experiments favour suppressor cells of thymic origin.
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