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Oncofoetal antigens

Various induction factors (often unknown) The same oncofoetal antigen can be expressed by a... [Pg.389]

The oncofoetal antigen Ui-foetoprotein was described in 1963 (G. Abelev et al.) before being detected in 1964 for the first time by Y S. Tatarinov in a patient suffering from liver carcinoma. The glycoprotein AFP is formed in the foetal liver and is biochemically identical to the tumour AFP of hepatocytes. The (physiologically) elevated AFP in the neonate will slowly and steadily decline to reach normal adult levels by the 10 month. [Pg.106]

Woods AM, Wang WW, Shaw DM, Ward CM, Carroll MW, Rees B, Stern PI. Characterization of the murine 5T4 oncofoetal antigen A target for immunotherapy in cancer. Biochem. J. 2002 366 353-365. [Pg.366]

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