title: [Peripheral blood T-cell subsets in patients with ovarian malignancies].
abstract: Blood samples from 79 subjects (27 cases of ovarian malignancy, 2 ovarian borderline epithelial tumor, 38 benign gynecologic disease and 12 healthy women) were measured for peripheral blood T-cell subsets using monoclonal antibodies and SPA-Ig rosette technique. It was found that in patients with ovarian malignancy, the percentage of OKT4+ cells was significantly reduced whereas the percentage of OKT8+ cells was markedly increased as compared with those in the healthy women and patients with benign gynecologic disease; OKT4/OKT8 ratio declined obviously; which were more pronounced in patients with advanced or recurrent tumor.
authors.affiliation: Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan.
authors.forename: L Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000276:immunology; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000276:immunology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal