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Brain-associated tumour antigens demonstrated by immunofluorescence

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IT has been reported that lymphocytes from patients with cancer react with a basic protein of myelin, suggesting that brain shares antigen(s) with malignant tumours1. The brain also possesses an antigen in common with the thymus2–5. Using a heterologous anti-brain serum we have investigated the presence of brain-associated antigens in tumour cells and in lymphoid cells.

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TOH, B., CAUCHI, M. Brain-associated tumour antigens demonstrated by immunofluorescence. Nature 250, 597–598 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250597a0

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