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Original communication| Volume 79, ISSUE 2, P202-208, February 1976

Immunotherapy with neuraminidase-treated cells and bacillus Calmette-Guerin

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5555/uri:pii:0039606076902890
Immunotherapy with neuraminidase-treated cells and bacillus Calmette-Guerin
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      Abstract

      Experiments were designed to determine the effectiveness of active immunotherapy, both specific (neuraminidase-treated cells) and nonspecific [bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) organisms] in the L1210-BDF1 tumor-host system. Tumor burden was minimized with chemotherapy (l,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea) prior to immunotherapy. The effectiveness of immunotherapy was dependent on the amount of drug used to minimize tumor burden. An interval of 36 hours between chemotherapy and immunotherapy produced the maximum number of survivors. A single immunization with 104 neuraminidase-treated cells was superior to other single or multiple immunizations. BCG was most effective when mice were given 3.3 × 105 organisms. Beneficial effects of immunotherapy were observed only when immunizations were given by an intraperitoneal route. All mice cured of tumor developed tumor-specific immunity. The highest levels of immunity were observed in mice given both neuraminidase-treated cells and BCG organisms after chemotherapy.
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      Article info

      Publication history

      Accepted: August 25, 1975

      Footnotes

      ☆Supported by Public Health Research Grant No. CA 14460 and Contract No. NO1-CB-43864.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.5555/uri:pii:0039606076902890

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      © 1976 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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