title: [Interaction of interferon with retinoic acid].
abstract: Lippman and coworkers recently reported striking response rates achieved in patients with cervical cancer using a combined treatment with 13-cis-retinoic acid and interferon-alpha. In vitro studies demonstrated a synergistic amplification of proliferation inhibition by retinoids and interferon in malignant cells. Comparing all-trans- with 9-cis-retinoic acid, the latter was more effective in inhibiting tumor cell growth and in inducing synergism with interferon-gamma. Combination of retinoic acid with interferon-gamma increased the down-regulation of specific binding sites of interferon-gamma. Expression of MHC class II antigens induced by interferon-gamma was not further enhanced by retinoic acid. These results indicate that interferon seems to modulate the retinoic acid system.
authors.affiliation: Univ.-Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Innsbruck, Osterreich.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Widschwendter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Daxenbichler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marth
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dapunt
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014212:Tretinoin; D007371:Interferon-gamma
vernacular_title: Interaktion von Interferon mit Vitamin-A-Säure.