Changes of preoperative and postoperative NK and T lymphocyte with gastric cancer / 中国癌症杂志

ABSTRACT

Purpose:The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes of NK and T lymphocyte with gastric cancer and before and after operation.Methods:T lympho cyte subsets and NK cell activity of 36 cases of gastric cancer and 30 cases of normal subjects were measured by monoclonal anti human T lymphocyte antibody and MTT assay before and after operation.Results:It was found that before operation the CD3(+),CD4(+) cell and ratio of CD4(+)/CD8(+) were significantly decreased and CD8(+) cell was increased and NK activity decreased with gastric cancer as compared to control group ( P