Search for retrovirus expression in men--failure to demonstrate retrovirus-specific antigens in normal and malignant tissue.
Extracts for different normal and malignant human tissues were checked for retrovirus antigens by Sepharose bead immuno-fluorescence assay. No convincing evidence could be obtained for the presence of type D and mammalian type C virus antigens in the tissues tested by three different immunoassays. It is concluded from these results that such viruses have no ubiquitous distribution in human beings.
D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000276:immunology; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000276:immunology
D000956:Antigens, Viral