Title | Corynebacterium Parvum [electronic resource] : Applications in Experimental and Clinical Oncology / edited by Bernard Halpern |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1975 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4428-5 |
Descript | XIV, 444 p. online resource |
I: Bacteriology and Taxonomy -- 1. Bacteriological Aspect of Anaerobic Corynebacteria in Relation to RES Stimulation -- 2. Acute and Chronic Toxicities in Mammal and Subhuman Primates with Inactivated Corynebacterium Suspension -- Discussion -- II: Toxicology, Pharmacology, Adjuvant Properties -- 3. The Nature of the Active Principle of Corynebacterium parvum -- 4. Study on Soluble Substances Extracted from Corynebacterium parvum -- 5. Results Obtained in Our Adjuvant Screening Model with Corynebacterium parvum and Corynebacterium granulosum -- 6. Analysis of the Corynebacterium parvum Adjuvant Effects at the Cellular and Subcellular Levels -- Discussion -- III: Corynebacterium parvum in Microbial Immunity -- 7. Stimulating Effect of Corynebacterium parvum and C. parvum Extract on the Macrophage Activities against Salmonella typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes -- 8. Antiviral Properties of Corynebacterium parvum -- 9. The Effects of Corynebacterium parvum Suspension on the Response to Tetanus Toxoid -- Discussion -- IV: Action of Corynebacterium parvum on the Immune Cell System -- 10. In Vivo Effects of Lymphocytes Sensitized in Vitro against Tumor Cells -- 11. The Action of Local Injections of Corynebacterium parvum in Facilitating the Extravasation of Activated Lymphoid Cells -- 12. Kinetics of Proliferation of Bone-Marrow Cell Lines after Injections of Immunostimulant Bacteria -- Discussion -- 13. Inhibition of Thymidine Incorporation of Tumoral YC8 Cells Cultured in Vitro by Peritoneal Macrophages Activated with Corynebacterium parvum -- 14. A Comparative, Scanning Electron Microscope Study of the Interaction between Stimulated or Unstimulated Mouse Peritoneal Macrophages and Tumor Cells -- Discussion -- 15. The Macrophage-Stimulating Properties of a Variety of Anaerobic Coryneforms -- 16. Macrophage-Stimulating Effects of Anaerobic Coryneform Bacteria in Vitro -- Discussion -- 17. Comparative Studies on the Effect of Corynebacterium parvum on Bone-Marrow Cell Colony Formation in Vitro -- 18. Nonspecific Cytotoxic Activity of Peritoneal Exudate Cells against Isogenic Tumoral Cells in Animals Treated with Corynebacterium parvum -- Discussion -- V: Corynebacterium parvum in Experimental Tumors and Metastasis -- 19. An Analysis of the Increase in Host Resistance to Isogenic Tumor Invasion in Mice by Treatment with Corynebacterium parvum -- Discussion -- 20. Effect of Inactivated Corynebacterium on Different Experimental Tumors in Mice -- 21. Results of Investigations with Corynebacterium parvum in an Experimental Animal System -- 22. Tumor-Specific Rejection Associated with Killed Corynebacterium parvum -- 23. An Analysis of the Antitumor Effects of Corynebacterium parvum -- Discussion -- 24. Inhibition by Corynebacterium parvum of Lung-Nodule Formation by Intravenously Injected Fibrosarcoma Cells -- 25. Regression of Hamster Melanoma by Corynebacterium parvum -- 26. Corynebacterium granulosum -Induced Prophylaxis and Therapy of Artificial Pulmonary Metastases of Syngenic Murine Tumors -- Discussion -- 27. A Possibility of Synergism between Corynebacterium parvum and Lentinan, Serotonin, or Thyroid Hormone in Potentiation of Host Resistance against Cancer -- 28. Comparative Effects of Various Strains of Corynebacterium parvum and Other Prophylactic Agents on Tumor Development in Animals -- Discussion -- VI: Corynebacterium parvum in Human Tumors -- 29. A Chemotherapeutic Perspective on Clinical Trials with Corynebacterium parvum -- 30. Action of Corynebacterium parvum on the Phagocytic Activity of the Reticuloendothelial System in Cancer Patients (Preliminary Results) -- 31. Corynebacterium parvum: Preliminary Report of a Phase I Clinical and Immunological Study in Cancer Patients -- Discussion -- 32. Results Obtained with Active Immunotherapy using Corynebacteria (Corynebacterium parvum or Corynebacterium granulosum) in the Treatment of Acute Lymphoid Leukemia -- 33. Therapeutic Trial with Reticulostimulin in Patients with Ear, Nose, or Throat Cancers -- 34. The Effect of Intravenous and Intramuscular Injection of Corynebacterium parvum -- 35. Report on 414 Cases of Human Tumors Treated with Corynebacteria -- Discussion -- VII: Concluding Remarks -- 36. Corynebacterium parvum: Outlook and Future -- 37. Closing Remarks -- Contributors -- Discussants