title: Evaluation of multi skin test in colorectal cancer patients and effects of serum immunosuppressive factor and cytokine production of peripheral mononuclear cells.
abstract: Decreased skin reactions using five kinds of recall antigens correlate d with the stage of colorectal cancer. Immunosuppressive factors in the serum (IS index) increased with the progression of the stage in cancer patients, but interleukin (IL)-I and IL-2 production in peripheral mononuclear cells (PBMC) did not correlate with the advance of the disease. In patients with low immunosuppressive factors, the score of skin reactions was significantly higher than that in patients with high immunosuppressive factors. Increased serum immunosuppressive factors seem to reduce skin reactions in the patients. Furthermore, significant difference in skin reaction score was observed between patients with high IL-1 production of PBMC and patients with low IL-1 production of PBMC. These results suggest that skin reaction might be controlled by serum immunosuppressive factors and IL-1 production of PBMC, and that the score of skin reaction using multirecall antigens is a useful parameter to learn the host immunity in colorectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uchino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shirato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gondo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hase
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000946:Antigens, Fungal; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000097:blood*; D002175:Candida / Q000276:immunology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009109:Mumps virus / Q000276:immunology; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology; D012882:Skin Tests; D013299:Streptodornase and Streptokinase; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000276:immunology; D014374:Tuberculin Test
chemical_list: D000946:Antigens, Fungal; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D001685:Biological Factors; D007375:Interleukin-1; D007376:Interleukin-2; C077784:immunosuppressive factor-neutral protein, mouse; D013299:Streptodornase and Streptokinase