Yoshida TO, Ito Y. Studies on serum complement lvel in rabbits bearing tumours of Shope papilloma-carcinoma complex.
Immunology 1968;
14:879-87. [PMID:
4298550 PMCID:
PMC1409369]
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Abstract
The effects of growth of Shope papilloma, VX2 and VX7 carcinoma on haemolytic complement (C′) activity in domestic rabbits were investigated. One to 2 weeks after transplantation of the tumours, the C′ level increased two-to three-fold. This rise of C′ continued as the tumours continued to develop in the host and finally reached a maximum of five- to eight-fold increase. In the case of Shope papilloma, however, little correlation was seen between the C′ level and induction, growth and/or regression of the tumours.
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