Influence of chemotherapy on Th1/Th2 cytokine switching in stomach cancer patients
Li, Y.; Liang, J.; Liu, W.-b.; Xu, X.-q.; Zhao, Y.-r.
Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 26(12): 732-734
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0253-3766 PMID: 15733391 Document Number: 572294
To observe the influence of chemotherapy on the switching of Th1/Th2 cytokines in stomach cancer patients. Th1/Th2 cytokine genes expressed by peripheral blood mononuclear cells of stomach cancer patients before and after chemotherapy were detected by RT-PCR. The expression of Th2 cytokines was dominant in patients before chemotherapy, and the dominancy became less marked after chemotherapy. The immune deviation with Th2 predominance in stomach cancer patients has a tendency to become reversed after chemotherapy.