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Inhibitory effect of isologous regional lymphnode cells from the methylcholanthrene-induced sarcoma bearing mice on the tumor in vivo

Abstract

MC-induced sarcomas produced under the skin on the back between&#12288;scapulas of C3H mice were transplanted&#12288;successively to the mice of the&#12288;same strain. Using the first and the second generation tumors, viable&#12288;tumor cells were prepared and with these tumor cells C3H mice were&#12288;inoculated. From these sensitized mice regional lymph&#12288;nodes were taken&#12288;out at certain intervals and lymph-node cells were prepared. These tumor&#12288;cells were mixed with regional lymph-node cells in the ratio of 1 : 10, and the mixed cells were transplanted subcutaneously on the back of C3H&#12288;mice, and the development and growth of tumors were observed at intervals.&#12288;As a result it was found that the inhibitory effect of these regional&#12288;lymph-node cells on the tumor growth was strong one to two weeks after&#12288;the transplantation, but beyond 3, or 4 weeks no inhibition&#12288;was observable.&#12288;In connection with the present in vivo experiments, some comments&#12288;were made on the available literature, and it has been demonstrated that&#12288;even in the cancer-bearing animal destined to die of tumors, at certain stage of cancer there is seen an inhibitory effect of the host on the tumor&#12288;growth by way of the lymphoid system and that such a response of the&#12288;host in vivo seems to be&#12288;correlated well with in vitro reaction.</p

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