title: Different weekly changes in immune response in virus-transformed cell-injected mice fed two different diets.
abstract: Changes in tumor development and in certain immune responses were investigated at 7-weekly intervals after subcutaneous injection of 5 X 10(5) herpes simplex virus Type 2-transformed cells (H238 cells) into male BALB/c mice fed 2 different diets. One diet contained 11% casein and 5% fat while the other had 11% supplemented wheat gluten and 30% fat. Weanling mice (140/group) were fed one or the other of the diets for 12 weeks before injection and subsequent testing of 15 injected and 5 non-injected mice from each diet group each week. In mice fed the low-fat diet containing casein both tumor incidence and tumor volume were significantly lower (P less than or equal to 0.05) than in the group fed the 30% fat diet containing supplemented wheat protein. The casein-fed mice also had less splenomegaly and a higher proportion of mature lymphocytes in the spleen during tumor growth. The proliferative capability of the spleen cells after phytohemagglutinin stimulation was enhanced 2 weeks after H238 cell injection only in the casein-fed mice.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004044:Dietary Proteins