44-kd oncofetal transplantation antigen in rodent and human fetal cells. Implications of recrudescence in human and rodent cancers

• Published in: Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery Vol. 119; no. 11; p. 1257
• Main Authors: Coggin, Jr, J H, Rohrer, S D, Hester, R D, Barsoum, A L, Rashid, H U, Gussack, G S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.1993
• Subjects: Animals; Antigens, Neoplasm - analysis; Biomarkers, Tumor - analysis; Blotting, Western; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - immunology; Cricetinae; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Female; Fetus; Flow Cytometry; Head and Neck Neoplasms - immunology; Humans; Immunotherapy, Adoptive; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Molecular Weight; Neoplasms, Experimental - immunology; Transplantation Immunology; Tumor Cells, Cultured - immunology

This article summarizes the phase-specific nature of a cell surface, 44-kd tumor-associated transplantation antigen glycoprotein expressed during early and middle gestation in a portion of rodent and human fetal cells during normal fetal tissue development and illustrates how this glycoprotein is co...