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Primary lung cancer. A controlled study of preoperative and postoperative levels of circulating immune complexes.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3258788     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Three complement-dependent and one rheumatoid factor-dependent immune complex assays were used to analyze the sera taken before surgery from 70 unselected and previously untreated lung cancer patients, from 30 of them after surgery, and from 31 healthy controls. Plasma levels of complement split product C3d were also analyzed. The levels of circulating immune complexes (cIC) and C3d were essentially the same in samples taken from lung cancer patients before surgery and from healthy controls. By the four immune complex assays, increased levels were found in 0 to 10% of the preoperative lung cancer patients compared to 3% of the healthy controls (not significant). The postsurgical tumor, lymph node, metastasis (pTNM) stage of the lung cancer was not reflected in the levels of cIC or C3d. Paired comparisons of the cIC and C3d levels before and after surgery did not show significant differences. Thus, we found no evidence for the occurrence of cancer-related cIC in lung cancer patients.
Authors:
A Bukh; M T Aguado; H H Kimose; C Mouritzen; N P Møoller
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cancer     Volume:  61     ISSN:  0008-543X     ISO Abbreviation:  Cancer     Publication Date:  1988 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1988-06-07     Completed Date:  1988-06-07     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0374236     Medline TA:  Cancer     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2033-41     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Antibodies, Neoplasm / analysis
Antigen-Antibody Complex / analysis*
Blood Specimen Collection
Complement C3 / analysis
Complement C3d
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Humans
Immunoelectrophoresis
Lung Neoplasms / immunology*,  pathology,  surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Period
Radioimmunoassay
Rheumatoid Factor / analysis
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antibodies, Neoplasm; 0/Antigen-Antibody Complex; 0/Complement C3; 80295-45-0/Complement C3d; 9009-79-4/Rheumatoid Factor

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