[Antitumor activities in the aspects of evolution and development].
The self-defense mechanism is established on the basis of intrinsic requirements for the formation of multicellular organization and for the maintenance of individuality in each member of a species. Anti-tumor and also anti-parasite mechanisms are therefore included in such intrinsic requirements. In other words, self-defense is one of the concrete manifestations of the self-integrity-maintenance mechanism.
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology