Hostname: page-component-5c6d5d7d68-qks25 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-08-16T21:57:49.739Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Long-term follow-up of IgG and IgA antibodies against viral capsid antigens of Epstein-Barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Tsong-Chou Lynn*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology,National University, Taiwan
Shih-Mien Tu
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology,National University, Taiwan
Akiyoshi Kawamura Jr
Affiliation:
Department of Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, National University, Tokyo. Part of this paper was presented at the 12th Congress of Otorhinolaryngology, 21-27 June 1981, Budapest, Hungary.
*
Tsong-Chou Lynn, M.D., ph.D., Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 1 Chang-Te Street, Taipei, Taiwan 100.

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Coates, H. L., Pearson, G. R., Neel, H. B. III and Weiland, L. H. (1978) Epstein-Barr virus-associated antigens in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Archives of Otolaryngology, 104: 427430.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
de Schryver, A., Friberg, S. Jr, Klein, G., Henle, W., Henle, G., de The, G., Clifford, P. and Ho, H. C. (1969) Epstein-Barr virus-associated antibody patterns in carcinoma of the post-nasal space. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 5: 443459.Google ScholarPubMed
Henle, G. and Henle, W. (1976) Epstein-Barr virus-specific IgA serum antibodies as an outstanding feature of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. International Journal of Cancer, 17: 17.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Henle, W., Henle, G., Ho, H. C., Burtin, P., Cachin, Y., Clifford, P., de Schryver, A., dehel, G., Diehl, V. and Klein, G. (1970) Antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, other head and neck neoplasma and control groups. Journal of National Cancer Institute, 44: 225231.Google Scholar
Hinuma, Y., Konn, M., Yamaguchi, J., Wudarski, D. J., Blakeslee, J. R. Jr and Grace, J. Y. Jr (1967) Immunofluorescence and Herpes-type virus particles in the P3HR-1 Burkitt lymphoma cell line. Journal of Virology, 1: 10451051.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hirayama, T. (1978) Descriptive and analytical epidemiology of nasopharyngeal cancer. International Agency for Research on Cancer, 20: 167189.Google Scholar
Ida, S., Hinuma, Y., Chu, C. T., Chiou, J.H., Lai, J.G., Yang, C. S., Lynn, T. C., Hsu, M. M., Tu, S. M. and Kawaumra, A. Jr (1973) Further studies on antibodies to early antigens induced by Epstein-Barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Gann, 64: 545553.Google ScholarPubMed
Katz, D. H. and Benacerraf, B. (1972) The regulatory influence of activated T cells on B cell response to antigen. Advance of Immunology, 15: 285.Google Scholar
Kawamura, A. Jr, Takada, M., Gotoh, A., Hamajima, K., Sanpe, T., Murata, M., Ito, Y., Takahasm, T., Yoshida, T. O., Hirayama, T., Tu, S. M., Yang, C. S. and Wang, C. H. (1970) Seroepidemiological studies on nasopharyngeal carcinoma by fluorescent antibody techniques with cultured Burkitt lymphoma cell. Gann, 61: 5571.Google ScholarPubMed
Klein, G., Geering, G., Old, L. J., Henle, G., Henle, W. and Clifford, P. (1970) Comparison of the anti-EBV titre and the EBV associated membrane reactive and precipitating antibody levels in the sera of Burkitt lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients and controls. International Journal of Cancer, 5: 185194.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lynn, T. C. and Tu, S. M. (1979) Dynamics of Epstein-Barr virus antibody titre in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2: 201205.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lynn, T. C., Tu, S. M., Hirayama, T. and Kawamura, A. Jr (1973 a) Nasopharyngeal carcinoma and Epstein-Barr virus. I. Factors related to the anti-VCA antibody. Japanese Journal of Experimental Medicine, 43: 121133.Google Scholar
Lynn, T. C., Tu, S. M., Hirayama, T. and Kawamura, A. Jr (1973 b) Nasopharyngeal carcinoma and Epstein-Barr virus. II. Clinical course and the anti-VCA antibody. Japanese Journal of Experimental Medicine, 43: 135155.Google ScholarPubMed
Lynn, T. C., Hsu, M. M., Hsieh, T. and Tu, S. M. (1977) Prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Epstein-Barr virus antibody titre. Archives of Otolaryngology, 103: 128132.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mathew, G. D., Qualtiere, L. F., Neel, H. B. III and Pearson, G. R. (1981) IgA antibody, antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and prognosis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. International Journal of Cancer, 27: 175180.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Neel, H. B. III, Pearson, G. R., Weiland, L. H., Taylor, W. F., Goepfert, H. H., Pilch, B. Z., Goodman, M., Lanier, A. P., Huang, A. T., Hyam, V. T., Levine, P. H., Henle, G. and Henle, W. (1983) Application of Epstein-Barr virus serology to the diagnosis and staging of North American patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 91: 255262.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nossal, G. J. V. and Ada, G. L. (1971) Antigens, Lymphoid Cells and the Immune Response. Academic Press, New York and London, pp. 93100.Google ScholarPubMed
Old, L. J., Boyse, E. A., Oettgen, H. F., de Harven, E., Geering, G., Williamson, B. and Clifford, P. (1966) Precipitating antibody in human serum to an antigen present in cultured Burkitt's lymphoma cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 56: 16991704.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Solomon, A. and Tomasi, T. B. Jr (1964) Metabolism of IgA(β\α) globulin. Clinical Research, 12: 452.Google Scholar
Tu, S. M. (1965) Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Taiwan. In: Proceedings of Eighth International Congress of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. Excerpta Medica Foundation, Amsterdam, International Congress Series, 113: 184185.Google Scholar
Yeh, S. (1967) Histology of nasopharyngeal cancer. Union Internationale Contre le Cancer, Monograph 1: 147- 152.Google Scholar