tumour cells

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  • tumour specific antigen — (= tumour specific transplantation antigen; TSTA) Antigen on tumour cells detected by cell mediated immunity. For virus transformed cells TSTA (unlike T antigen) is found to differ for different individual tumours induced by the same virus. May… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • tumour — or neoplasm Mass of abnormal tissue that arises from normal cells, has no useful function, and tends to grow. Cell abnormalities may include increased size or number or loss of characteristics that differentiate their tissue of origin. Cells in… …   Universalium

  • tumour necrosis factor — TNF a or cachectin, originally described as a tumour inhibiting factor in the blood of animals exposed to bacterial lipopolysaccharide or Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG). Preferentially kills tumour cells in vivo and in vitro , causes necrosis of… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • tumour necrosis factor — TNF either of two proteins, TNF α or TNF β, that function as cytokines. Produced by macrophages, monocytes, T lymphocytes, and various other cells, they mediate many responses, including inflammation, and have a marked action against tumour cells …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • tumour necrosis factor — either of two proteins, TNF a or TNF b, that function as cytokines. Among their many actions is destruction of tumour cells. The gene encoding TNF has been used in gene therapy trials for cancer …   Medical dictionary

  • tumour suppressor gene — ▪ pathology also called  Anti oncogene,         any of a class of genes that are normally involved in regulating cell growth but that may become cancer causing when damaged. Tumour suppressor genes encode for proteins that are involved in… …   Universalium

  • tumour */ — UK [ˈtjuːmə(r)] / US [ˈtumər] noun [countable] Word forms tumour : singular tumour plural tumours a mass of cells in your body that grow in a way that is not normal. A benign tumour is harmless, and a malignant tumour can cause death She died of… …   English dictionary

  • tumour — BrE, tumor AmE a mass of diseased cells in your body that have divided and increased too quickly: a brain tumour | malignant/benign tumour (=dangerous/harmless tumour) tumourous adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tumour angiogenesis factor — Substance(s) released from a tumour that promotes vascularization of the mass of neoplastic cells. Once a tumour becomes vascularized, it will grow more rapidly, and is more likely to metastasise. TAF is almost certainly more than one substance.… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • tumour — tu|mour BrE tumor AmE [ˈtju:mə US ˈtu:mər] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: tumere to swell ] a mass of diseased cells in your body that have divided and increased too quickly ▪ a brain tumour malignant/benign tumour (=caused by or not caused …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte — a lymphoid cell that can infiltrate solid tumours. Such cells can be cultured in vitro, in the presence of interleukin 2, and have been used as vehicles for tumour necrosis factor in gene therapy trials for cancer …   Medical dictionary


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