Testing the monocyte-macrophage system in human cancer.
The participation of the monocyte-macrophages cells in the host immune defence mechanisms against cancer has been recognized since a few years. Testing this component of host homeostasis appears as an additional tool necessary for evaluation of immune deficiency in cancer patient. We review here the most current tests used in the frame of such an evaluation, and also the most interesting results.
D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D009113:Muramidase / Q000097:blood; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D012884:Skin Window Technique
D009113:Muramidase