title: [Functional activity of the natural killers and macrophages in patients with breast tumors].
abstract: The activity of natural killers (NK) and macrophages of peripheral blood was studied in 37 female donors, 40 patients with benign and 43 with malignant tumors of the breast of various stages prior to treatment. Also the effect of Soviet-made recombinant interleukin-2 on NK activity was assessed. Natural killer activity (cytotoxic index) was 34.1 +/- 1.42 in healthy donors, 44.2 +/- 3.64 in cases of fibroadenomatosis, 43.1 +/- 5.6 in patients with stages I-IIa, 64.4 +/- 3.93--stage IIb, 45.8 +/- 6.32--stage III and 16.6 +/- 7.21% in cases of stage IV breast cancer, the scatter of values being greater in the tumor group. As many as 40% of patients with stages I-IIa and III cancer showed increased NK-activity values. An in vitro stimulating effect of NK activity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells by Soviet-made recombinant interleukin-2 was established.
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Andrianov
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Voronov
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Dobkin
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Okulov
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Orlov
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
vernacular_title: Funktsional'naia aktivnost' estestvennykh killerov i makrofagov u bol'nykh pri opukholiakh molochnoĭ zhelezy.