Lympho-reticuloendothelial activity of early gastric carcinoma.
The lympho-reticuloendothelial activities of 54 cases of early gastric carcinoma were studied. Morphological blastoid transformation of lymphocyte by the addition of phytohemagglutinin-P (PHA-P) was disturbed in half of the patients. The DNA synthesizing activity of lymphocyte was not stimulated by PHA-P in the cases of advanced carcinoma but it was stimulated in the cases of early carcinoma. The tuberculin reaction was negative in 30% of the cases of early carcinoma. The reticuloendothelial system (RES) activity studied through the congo red method revealed that 86% of the cases of early carcinoma had disturbed RES function.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003224:Congo Red; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012157:Mononuclear Phagocyte System / Q000276:immunology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D014374:Tuberculin Test
D037102:Lectins; D003224:Congo Red