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AIM:ToinvestigatetheexpressionofFoxp3+regulatoryTcells(Foxp3+Tregs)andprogrammed death receptor 1 (PD1) in gastric cancer tissues and their association with clinicopathological factors and prognosis of the patients.The correlation between the 2 molecules was also analyzed at the same time.METHODS: The tumor sections from 111 gastric cancer patients were stained for Foxp3 and PD1 by the method of immunohistochemistry.The associations of the expression levels of these 2 molecules with clinicopathological factors involved in the disease progression and progno-sis were statistically analyzed .The relationship of their expression was detected.RESULTS:Foxp3 +Tregs and PD1 were expressed in the gastric cancer tissues, and PD1 was expressed in the tumor infiltrating lymphocytes ( TILs) .The expres-sion of Foxp3 and PD1 was correlated with lymph node metastasis, clinicopathological stage and prognosis of gastric cancer patients.The expression of these 2 determinants in the patients with lymph node metastasis and an advanced clinicopatho-logical stage was distinctly higher ( P<0.05 ) .The patients with positive expression of the 2 indexes presented a lower overall survival rate and worse prognosis (P<0.05).A significantly positive correlation between the infiltration of Foxp3 +Tregs and the expression of PD1+TILs was also observed (P<0.01).CONCLUSION:Foxp3 +Tregs and PD1 +TILs co-infiltrate in the gastric cancer tissues, which can be used as biological markers to predict the disease progression and prog-nosis.
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AIM and METHODS: A study of radioimmunoimaging was carried out on Kcnming mice - uterine cervical cancer (U14) using 99mTc labeled monoclonal Au14-1 with a modified Schwartaz method. RESULTS: The bio - distribution showed that radioactivity accumulated in tumor tissue at 12h after 99mTc - Au14- 1 injection in tail vein. The uptake by tumor was 4. 12 % ID/g at 2h and 8. 79 % ID/g at 24h respectively. The tumor/non - tumor (T/NT) radiocativity ratios for organs except kidneys were ranged from 2.02 to 6.71 at 24h post - injection. The image of tumor showed at 12h and clearer at 24h after injection. CONCLUSION: The quality of tumor image was relevant to the T/NT radioactivity ratios. It was demonstrated that 99mTc- Au14-1 has a good capability of localization for tumor.
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AIM: To investigate the effect of monoclonal antibody(McAb) AU_(14-1) mediated cytotoxicity against cervical cancer U_(14) cell in vitro.METHODS: MTT colorimetric assay was applied to study the McAb AU_(14-1) mediated cytotoxicity of effector cells including splenocytes,peritoneal macrophages and LAK to U_(14) cells.RESULTS: The cytotoxicity mediated by each effector cells to the U_(14) cells treated with McAb AU_(14-1) was significantly higher than those not treated with it(P
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Methotrexate (MTX)was linked covalently to monoclonal IgG antibody (AU_(14-1)) to a mouse uterine cervical cancer with the use of dextran T-40 as the intermediate carrier. The molar ratio of IgG: MTX was 1: 20 in the conjugate. The conjugate retained full antibody binding activity at the AU_(14-1) concentration of 3.75?10~(-8) M measured by an indirect membrane immunofluorescence assay. The in vitro experiments confirmed that the conjugate not only showed target-selective antitumor effecacy but also was proved to be more effective in inhibiting the growth of HeLa cells than the effect of U_(14) cells, so that it confirmed the "evolutionary antigen" theory. It is suggested that AU_(14-1)-Dex-MTX conjugate may have good potentiality in clinical application.