title: Lymphocyte subsets in urologic cancer patients.
abstract: Peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets were quantitated by monoclonal antibodies in 91 patients with urologic malignancies as well as eight age-matched controls. In general, the presence of cancer and increasing stage were associated with a relative decrease in helper and an increase in suppressor T-cell activity as well as a decreased T4/T8 cell ratio. Therapy in the form of androgen depletion reversed these trends and restored helper and suppressor levels as well as the T4/T8 ratio to control values. In a small subset of sixteen patients surgery had only modest immediate (prostate) and long term (kidney) effects on these parameters.
mesh_terms: D000728:Androgens / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology; D002452:Cell Count; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface