... with various solid carcinomas, 56 patients with benign tumors, and 241 healthy controls. The plasma concentrations of both TNF receptors as well as the IL-2 receptor were significantly higher in the cancer patients than in the healthy controls, independent of the origin or histology of the tumor. The incidence...

...J. Millán; A. Senra; A. Lorenzo; J. Romero; P. Rodriguez; P. Gallurt The two major antiproteases (alpha-1-antitrypsin and alpha-2-macroglobulin) were studied in the serum of cancer patients (273 and 103 subjects, respectively) and in a control group. In cancer patients, the values were stratified...

..., it is concluded that there is only a malfunction in Th1 cells but no switch from a Th1 type to a Th2 type cytokine profile in the PBMCs of cancer patients. 1998 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced...