[B cells and serum immunoglobulins in patients with breast pathology]

Rev Esp Oncol. 1981;28(1):17-27.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The authors study the amount of B cells and serum immunoglobulins in patients with mammary cancer or fibrocystic disease. They indicate that a decreasing in B cells and IgG, and an increasing in IgA are associated with a better prognosis. There is an inverse relation between the level of serum IgG and the blastic transformation of T cells by PHA, what is an indirect measure of the circulating IgG immune complexes. The presence of B cells with IgG in their surfaces makes worse the prognosis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Neoplasm / analysis*
  • B-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • Breast Diseases / immunology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / immunology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / immunology*
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / pathology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin A / analysis*
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis*
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Neoplasm
  • Immunoglobulin A
  • Immunoglobulin G