[Immune response to Epstein-Barr virus in patients with otorhinolaryngologic neoplasms of various morphology and invasiveness]

Vestn Otorinolaringol. 1994 Jan-Feb:(1):13-6.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Both nasopharyngeal and tumors and epithelial cancer of topographically different sites of the mouth, laryngopharynx are shown to be associated in many cases with high immunity to virus Epstein-Barr (VEB) antigens. VEB-associated antibody quantitation in patients with laryngeal, laryngopharyngeal, oral and lingual cancer revealed that the malignant process dissemination and the tumor differentiation are related to immune response to VEB antigens: the more advanced is cancer and the poorer is its differentiation, the more pronounced is the immune response.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology
  • Antigen-Antibody Reactions
  • Antigens, Viral / blood
  • Antigens, Viral / immunology
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Mouth Neoplasms / blood
  • Mouth Neoplasms / immunology*
  • Mouth Neoplasms / pathology
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms / blood
  • Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms / immunology*
  • Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antigens, Viral