title: Immunosuppressive activity of sera from patients with colorectal and gynecological carcinomas as evaluated by impaired IFN-gamma, IL-1 alpha and TNF-alpha production of human peripheral mononuclear cells.
abstract: The sera from patients with preoperative colorectal and gynecological carcinomas (ovarian and breast cancer) were investigated for their putative immunosuppressive activity (ISA). ISA was measured by determining the changes in the production of IFN-gamma, IL-1 alpha and TNF-alpha by human peripheral mononuclear cells (PBMC) from six normal donors. Phytohemagglutinin-stimulated PBMC were incubated with sera from patients with colorectal and gynecological carcinomas and healthy controls and in the 4-day post-inductional supernatants the cytokines were measured by an enzymoimmunological assay (ELISA). Sera from patients with carcinomas significantly decreased the IFN-gamma production as compared to the controls. In the cultures containing sera from patients with colorectal and ovarian but not breast carcinoma, significantly lower levels of IL-1 alpha and TNF-alpha were measured compared to the cultures with sera from healthy controls.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunobiology, University of Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muster-Bloy
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Elsässer-Beile
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mönting
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: von Kleist
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000097:blood* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D007375:Interleukin-1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma