Various immunological strategies in the treatment of pancreatic cancer have been pursued, including stimulation of the patient’s native immune system to fight off the malignancy with cytokines as granulocyteCmacrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) [23], interleukin (IL)-6 [24] and immune response modifiers such as Virulizin [25]
Various immunological strategies in the treatment of pancreatic cancer have been pursued, including stimulation of the patient's native immune system to fight off the malignancy with cytokines as granulocyteCmacrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) [23], interleukin (IL)-6 [24] and immune response modifiers such as Virulizin [25]. (IgG, IgM, IgA). Flow cytometry and immunofluorescence microscopy exhibited comparable presence of IgG and IgE pancreatic cancer Igs. However, Western blot analysis indicated differences in IgG and IgE antigen-specific antibodies; IgE antibody recognized a 50 kD protein. ADCC studies exhibited that serum and purified IgE-mediated cytotoxicity against pancreatic cancer cells, effects which were GHRP-6 Acetate reversed with anti-IgE neutralizing antibody and IgE depletion (immunoaffinity); greater cytotoxicity was observed in patient serum when compared with healthy controls. These data suggest that IgE and sCD23 may serve as…