Depressed natural killer cell activity in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro effects of interferon and levamisole

K Son, M Kew, AR Rabson - Cancer, 1982 - Wiley Online Library
… of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), an extremely common malignant tumor in
… was observed could be partly corrected by interferon and, to a lesser extent, by levamisole. …

[PDF][PDF] Therapy for chronic hepatitis B with lymphoblastoid interferon‐α and levamisole

G Fattovich, G Giustina, L Brollo, M Guido… - …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
… In our study the combination of levamisole with IFN-a was not associated with an
enhanced rate of response in patients with low basal disease activity. On the basis of these …

Treatment of chronic hepatitis B with recombinant interferon alpha versus recombinant interferon alpha plus levamisole

O Bosch, G Moraleda, I Castillo, V Carreño - Journal of hepatology, 1993 - Elsevier
… to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. In … levamisole was administered with IFN to obtain
an immunostimulatory and an antiviral effect simultaneously. In previous reports, levamisole

Levamisole regulates the proliferation of murine liver T cells through Kupffer-cell-derived cytokines

JA Johnkoski, SM Peterson, RJ Doerr… - Cancer Immunology …, 1997 - Springer
… We found that levamisole treatment of mice causes a threefold increase in production of
interferon (IFN) α/β by adherent NPC (more than 80%–90% Kupffer cells) in vitro. When IFN α/β …

Levamisole therapy for HBsAg-positive chronic liver disease

RG Chadwick, S Jain, BJ Cohen, GM Scott… - Scandinavian Journal …, 1980 - Taylor & Francis
… of HBsAg-containing hepatocytes, but levamisole in the short term did not … levamisole does
not appear to be beneficial. Its value in conjunction with anti-viral agents, such as interferon

A prospective randomised trial to study the role of levamisole and interferon alfa in an adjuvant therapy with 5-FU for stage III colon cancer

W Schippinger, M Jagoditsch, C Sorre, M Gnant… - … journal of cancer, 2005 - nature.com
… According to these promising data, the second aim of the present study was to examine
the efficacy of IFN plus 5-FU as adjuvant therapy for stage III colon cancer in a 2 × 2 factorial …

[HTML][HTML] Antitumor and immune-modulatory efficacy of dual-treatment based on levamisole and/or taurine in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma-bearing mice

HM Ibrahim, FRA Ghaffar, IA El-Elaimy… - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
… In the same way, previous studies reported that Tau inhibited the proliferation and induced
apoptosis of human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells and human colon cancer cells …

Home treatment with interleukin 2 and β-interferon in patients with colorectal cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma

F De Braud, M Colleoni, F Noli, E Bajetta - Oncology, 1994 - karger.com
… IL-2) and β-interferon (β-IFN), 15 patients with colorectal cancer and 10 patients with
hepatocellular carcinoma were treated with the following outpatient schedule: β-IFN 3 × 10 6 U im 3 …

Levamisole: known effects on the immune system, clinical results, and future applications to the treatment of cancer.

HC Stevenson, I Green, JM Hamilton… - Journal of clinical …, 1991 - ascopubs.org
… of cancer reported levamisole clinical activity and survival benefit associated with levamisole
… no significant benefit until the recent North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) and …

Long-term survival following treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in Singapore: evaluation of Wellferon in the prophylaxis of high-risk pre-cancerous conditions

CJ Oon - Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology, 1992 - Springer
… Two HBsAg-positive individuals who had not been treated with interferon (IFN) developed
hepatic nodules which that showed dysplasia, AFP elevation and chromosomal changes. …