Author | Naor, David. author |
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Title | Immunosuppression and Human Malignancy [electronic resource] / by David Naor, Benjamin Y. Klein, Nora Tarcic, Jonathan S. Duke-Cohan |
Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 1989 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4496-7 |
Descript | XII, 272 p. online resource |
Induction of Suppressor Cells by Immunostimulants -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Induction of Suppressor Cells by BCG -- 3. Induction of Suppressor Cells by C. parvum and Other Immunostimulants -- 4. Conclusions -- Control of Natural Killer Cells by Suppressor Cells -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Activity of Anti-NK Suppressor Cells in Normal Animals -- 3. Activation of Anti-NK Suppressor Cells by Irradiation or Treatment with Estrogen -- 4. Activation of Anti-NK Suppressor Cells by External Stimulators -- 5. Activity of Anti-NK Suppressor Cells in TBH -- 6. Mechanisms -- 7. Suppression or Artifact? -- 8. Suppressor Cells Controlling NK-Cell Activity in Human Beings -- Antigenic Entities of the Tumor That Induce Suppressor Cells May Prevent the Potentiation of Coexpressed Immunogenic Entities -- Suppressor Cells in Human Malignant Diseases -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hodgkinโs Disease -- 3. Non-Hodgkinโs Lymphomas, Leukemias, and Multiple Myelomas -- 4. Cancer of the Head and Neck -- 5. Lung Cancer -- 6. Alimentary-Tract Malignancies -- 7. Genitourinary Malignancies -- 8. Gynecologic Malignancies -- 9. Cancer of the Breast -- 10. Melanoma and Other Skin Malignancies -- 11. Malignancies of the Central Nervous System -- 12. Some Considerations of the Role of Immune Suppression in Human Malignancy -- 13. The Effect of Antineoplastic Chemotherapy on Human Suppressor-Cell Activity -- Suppressor Cells and Malignancy in Animal Experimental Models: A Brief Summary of Recent Findings -- 1. Suppressor Macrophages and โNullโ Cells -- 2. โSneaking Throughโ of Low Doses of Tumor Cells Is Mediated by Suppressor Cells -- 3. Suppressor T Cells and Their Mechanism of Action -- 4. Suppressor T Cell Lines and Clones -- 5. Suppression of Concomitant Immunity -- 6. Immunotherapy Based on Suppressor Cells Eradication -- 7. Immunoregulation of Antitumor Autoimmunity by Suppressor T Cells -- General Conclusions -- References