title: [Basic study on interferon-beta: Part IV. Antitumor effect on nude mouse-transplanted human tumors].
abstract: The effects of human interferon-beta (IFN-beta, MR-21) on the growth of xenografted human tumors in nude mice were examined. IFN-beta was administered to mice with malignant melanoma (SK-MEL-28 and Sk-14) intratumorally at a dose of 1 X 10(5)-3 X 10(5) IU/mouse, with acute leukemia (CCRF-HSB-2) intratumorally at a dose of 3 X 10(5) IU/mouse, with glioblastoma (U-373 MG) intravenously or intratumorally at a dose of 1 X 10(5)-6 X 10(5) IU/mouse, or with uterine cervical tumor (HeLa S3) intravenously at a dose of 0.3 X 10(5)-1 X 10(5) IU/mouse. IFN-beta inhibited the growth of all of these tumors in a dose-dependent manner.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D007370:Interferon Type I