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[Interferon status of patients with uveal melanoma]

Vestnik Oftalmologii
|February 9, 2000
PubMed

Interferon status of patients with uveal melanoma was studied at different stages of the disease. All parameters of alpha- and gamma-interferon production were decreased both in vitro and in vivo. The T2-3 stages were associated with an imbalance of the production of two interferon types: augmenting deficiency of alpha-interferon with a tendency to a higher production of gamma-interferon by leukocytes in vitro. Generalization of T3-4N0Mhep melanoma was characterized by hyperproduction of gamma-interferon and total serum interferon. These data indicate a pathogenetic significance of disorders in interferon production in uveal melanoma and may be used for the disease prognosis.

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