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Query: UNIPROT:P02794 (ferritin)
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Lactoferrin is an iron binding glycoprotein which is abundantly present in human tear fluid. It is also present in other secretions and in the specific granules of the polymorphonuclear leucocyte. The main biological properties of lactoferrin can be ascribed to its very strong binding of iron cations. Receptors for lactoferrin have been found in the intestinal brush border, suggesting that it may play a role in iron absorption from the gut. Macrophages also have a receptor for lactoferrin, which are possibly involved in the transfer of iron to ferritin. More important may be the fact that deprivation of iron from the gut or from the ocular surface limits the availability of iron to microorganisms and thus exerts firm control of the bacterial flora at these sites. Sequestration of iron by this protein can also inhibit the iron catalyzed production of hydroxyl radicals thereby protecting mucosal surfaces from oxydative damage. Lactoferrin has furthermore been shown to play a role in myelopoiesis, primary antibody response, lymphocyte proliferation, cytokine production, ADCC, NK cell activity, and regulation of complement activation. The observations described above indicate that lactoferrin, besides control of the bacterial flora, may regulate inflammatory reactions occurring on the ocular surface.
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PMID:The role of lactoferrin in the nonspecific immune response on the ocular surface. 212 4

Cancer grows in interaction with the host, that is, a host-tumor relationship exists. Investigations of host factors in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy are important, as they reveal the conditions in which a tumor response can develop. Furthermore, reliable host factors, if present, will be useful for quantitative evaluation of the effects of treatment. We have investigated the following three categories of host factors in relation to the effects of cancer chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy. CBC, and blood chemistries (44 parameters). Tumor markers; sialic acid, RNase, lysozyme, ferritin, IAP (immunosuppressive acidic protein), elastase I, AFP, CEA, POA, CA 19-9, CA 125, etc. Immunological parameters; lymphocyte, active T cell, T cell, B cell, IgG Fc receptor-positive T cell, lymphocyte blastogenesis stimulated by PHA, or concanavalin-A, ADCC activity, interferon production in vitro induced by poly I: C, or PHA, PPD skin test, immune complex, immunoglobulin G, A, and M, OKT series 3, 4, 8, 11, 4/8 ratio, antihuman HLA-DR, Leu 11, NK cell activity, etc. From our clinical observations, there were no significant differences in the pretreatment levels of these parameters between responders and non-responders. In responders, there was a tendency for the host factors to show greater degrees of improvement following treatment than in non-responders, but none proved to be reasonably reliable parameters for evaluating therapeutic effects. On the other hand, from our clinical observations on the advanced gastric cancer cases, life span showed a close correlation with tumor regression induced by cancer chemotherapy. Because of these facts, it is only natural that the clinical effects of chemotherapy are currently determined by definite tumor regression.
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PMID:[Host factors in cancer chemotherapy]. 372 33

We investigated the relationship between immunosuppressive acidic protein (IAP), an immunosuppressive substance determined in the body fluid from patients with cancer and the stages of cancer, and also its relationship with the progress of cancer during treatment and convalescence in 42 cases of ovary cancer, 47 cases of cancer of the uterine neck, 19 cases of cancer of the uterine body, and 5 cases of other of cancers. In addition, the relationship of IAP with other immunosuppressive substances and cell-mediated immunities was also investigated. The IAP level in the serum was not useful for early diagnosis of gynecologic malignant tumors, but it reflected on stages of cancer more accurately compared to levels of other immunosuppressive substances in the serum: alpha-antitripsine (alpha AT), alpha-glyco-protein (alpha AG), carcinoembrionic antigen (CEA), c-reactive protein (CRP), and serum ferritin (s-Fer), were useful as parameters showing progress of cancer during treatment and convalescence. The IAP level in the peritoneal fluid showed the same tendency. For the relationship with cell-mediated immunity, a stimulate index (SI) showed an inverse correlation from stage I; a T-cell count exhibited the same tendency; IgGFcR+ T-cell count showed a positive correlation in stage III; and ADCC exhibited an inverse correlation in stage III. However, immunosuppressive substances including IAP show high levels also in inflammatory diseases. Therefore, an appreciative value of IAP in the clinical area increases by being used for monitoring gynecologic cancer patients in combination with indicators of cell-mediated immunity, particularly, with SI.
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PMID:[Immunosuppressive acidic protein (IAP) in gynecologic malignant tumors and its relationship with other immunosuppressive substances and cell-mediated immunity]. 688 75