["Transplanted cell antigen" and its detection in different human organs]

A cell membrane antigen was found in the continuous cell lines of epithelial origin, identical to the antigen revealed in the homogenates of human gastric mucosa. The antigen was detected with the aid of an antiserum against the solubilized membrane antigen from Hep-2 cells sorbed with a mixture of homogenates of human tissues--the lung, the liver, papillomatosis of the larynx and of the mammary gland. The described antigen was revealed in some (not all) adenocarcinomas of the stomach; it differs from carcinoembryonic Gold's antigen and from the secretory IgA component, it is not a structural component of D-type oncornoviruses (of primates) produced by Hep-2 cells, and does not seem to be coded by the genom of this virus.