title: [Leukocyte and lymphocyte populations in peripheral blood and malignant ascites in patients with ovarian carcinoma].
abstract: Ascites and peripheral blood of 12 patients with advanced ovarian cancer (stage IV) have been investigated by two-color flow cytometry for leukocytes and lymphocyte subsets with monoclonal antibodies, against CD3, CD4, CD8, CD14, CD16/56, CD19, CD25, CD45, CD57, and HLA-DR. Ascites compared with blood showed a significant raise of CD3-positive lymphocytes (80 +/- 14% vs. 69 +/- 8%) and a significant reduction of CD57-positive lymphocytes (13.6 +/- 13% vs 24 +/- 21%). There was an increased expression of HLA-DR on CD3-positive lymphocytes in malignant ascites. The results are discussed with regard to a supposedly defective local immune defense against the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Frauenheikunde und Geburtshilfe, Medizinischen Fakultät der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Magdeburg.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Radke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Böhme
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morenz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weise
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000032:analysis; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000276:immunology*; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000032:analysis; D018959:CD57 Antigens; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D017252:CD3 Complex; D018959:CD57 Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens