Cytolytic and tumor inhibitory antibodies against UK114 protein in the sera of cancer patients

  • Authors:
    • G Bussolati
    • M Geuna
    • B Bussolati
    • M Millesimo
    • M Botta
    • A Bartorelli
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  • Published online on: April 1, 1997     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.10.4.779
  • Pages: 779-785
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Abstract

UK114 is a 14 kDa protein identified in the perchloric acid soluble extract of goat liver. Anti-UK114 antibodies identify this protein as expressed by the membrane of human cancer cells. In the present study, anti-UK114 antibodies were detected in the sera of cancer patients by ELISA and by immunofluorescence tests using human cancer cell lines as a target. UK114 protein is antigenic in cancer patients. Human anti-UK114 antibodies have cytolytic effects in vitro and their presence correlates with inhibition of growth of human carcinoma cells xenografted in nu/nu mice. This finding may open new prospects for immunotherapy.

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Bussolati G, Geuna M, Bussolati B, Millesimo M, Botta M and Bartorelli A: Cytolytic and tumor inhibitory antibodies against UK114 protein in the sera of cancer patients. Int J Oncol 10: 779-785, 1997
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Bussolati, G., Geuna, M., Bussolati, B., Millesimo, M., Botta, M., & Bartorelli, A. (1997). Cytolytic and tumor inhibitory antibodies against UK114 protein in the sera of cancer patients. International Journal of Oncology, 10, 779-785. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.10.4.779
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Bussolati, G., Geuna, M., Bussolati, B., Millesimo, M., Botta, M., Bartorelli, A."Cytolytic and tumor inhibitory antibodies against UK114 protein in the sera of cancer patients". International Journal of Oncology 10.4 (1997): 779-785.
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Bussolati, G., Geuna, M., Bussolati, B., Millesimo, M., Botta, M., Bartorelli, A."Cytolytic and tumor inhibitory antibodies against UK114 protein in the sera of cancer patients". International Journal of Oncology 10, no. 4 (1997): 779-785. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.10.4.779