title: Effects of serum fractions obtained from cancer patients by double-filtration plasmapheresis on tumor growth and metastasis in mice.
abstract: We administered serum fractions obtained from cancer patients by double-filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) to cancer-bearing mice to examine the effects on tumor growth and metastasis. Fraction 1 (whole plasma), fraction 2 (a plasma fraction containing substances with higher particle size), fraction 3 (a plasma fraction containing substances with smaller particle size) and saline were administered intravenously to cancer-bearing mice for 10 days following the inoculation of tumor cells. The tumor growth and metastasis in mice administered fraction 2 was far more rapid than that in the control mice. On the other hand, tumor growth in mice administered fraction 3 was significantly delayed compared with that in mice injected with fraction 2. These results suggest that factors in the higher particle-size fraction of cancer patients' sera promote the growth and the metastasis of tumors in mice, and that DFPP, which remove these factors, is an effective therapy against cancer.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000628:therapy*; D010956:Plasmapheresis
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C038588:serum immunosuppressive factor, human