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Retrogenetic Expression: the Reappearance of Embryonal Antigens in Cancer Cells

Elliott H. Stonehill, +1 more
- 24 Oct 1970 - 
- Vol. 228, Iss: 5269, pp 370-372
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These findings stimulated a study of the possible universal appearance of embryonic antigens in cancer tissues, which has been detected in colonic, hepatic and lung cancers.
Abstract
VARIOUS reports of embryonal antigens in extracts of tumour tissues have appeared since 1932 (refs. 1–9). Such antigens, absent from homologous normal tissues, have been detected in colonic6, hepatic7 and lung cancers8. These findings stimulated a study of the possible universal appearance of embryonic antigens in cancer tissues.

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The interactions of lectins with animal cell surfaces.

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The sequential analysis of cancer development.

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Glycoproteins of Cell Surfaces A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THREE DIFFERENT CELL SURFACES OF THE RAT

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Carcinoembryonic Antigen in Patients With Different Cancers

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Induction of adenocarcinomas of the colon in mice by weekly injections of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine.

TL;DR: Assays of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase in the villus fraction of the small bowel of the 1,2-dimethylhydrazine hydrochloride-treated tumor-carrier mice indicated lower activity, compared to that of controls.
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Specific carcinoembryonic antigens of the human digestive system

TL;DR: It was concluded that the carcinoembryonic antigens represent cellular constituents which are repressed during the course of differentiation of the normal digestive system epithelium and reappear in the corresponding malignant cells by a process of derepressive-dedifferentiation.
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Cell-free transmission in adult Swiss mice of a disease having the character of a leukemia.

TL;DR: A disease with the characteristics of a leukemia has been found to be serially transmissible in adult Swiss mice by means of cell-free filtrates and intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, intracerebral, and intramuscular injections are all effective.
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The radioimmunoassay of circulating carcinoembryonic antigen of the human digestive system

TL;DR: The test detects a concentration of 2.5 ng of carcinoembryonic antigen per ml of serum and has provided the first demonstration of a circulating tumor-specific antigen in the sera of cancer patients.
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