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SUBMITTER: Rich BS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4038850 | biostudies-other | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Rich Barrie S BS Honeyman Joshua N JN Darcy David G DG Smith Peter T PT Williams Andrew R AR Lim Irene Isabel P II Johnson Linda K LK Gönen Mithat M Simon Joel S JS LaQuaglia Michael P MP Simon Sanford M SM
Scientific reports 20140530
The study of cancer immunology has provided diagnostic and therapeutic instruments through serum autoantibody biomarkers and exogenous monoclonal antibodies. While some endogenous antibodies are found within or surrounding transformed tissue, the extent to which this exists has not been entirely characterized. We find that in transgenic and xenograft mouse models of cancer, endogenous gamma immunoglobulin (IgG) is present at higher concentration in malignantly transformed organs compared to non- ...[more]