title: Host response to bovine ocular squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: Specific humoral and cellular immunologic responses to autologous and heterologous tumors were evaluated in 35 Hereford cows with ocular squamous cell tumors and in 6 healthy cows. Sera from 5 healthy cows and 23 ocular tumor-bearing cows were evaluated for antibody to tumor, using radioimmunoassay, passive hemagglutination, agglutination, and microagglutination assays with various soluble tumor antigen and whole tumor cell preparations. Antibody to tumor was detected in only 2 cows. Using the microagglutination assay, antibody to autologous and heterologous tumor cells was found in the sera of 2 cows inoculated intraocularly with purified, viable autologous tumor cells. Twenty-eight tumor-bearing cows and 3 healthy cows were evaluated for delayed-type hypersensitivity responses, using 5 tumor preparations; positive skin test responses were not observed.
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000662:veterinary; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000662:veterinary; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000662:veterinary; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm