USE OF AUTOANTIBODIES FOR TUMOR THERAPY AND PROPHYLAXIS

摘要

A method of inhibiting the growth of a tumor cell in a mammal by administering to the mammal an autoantibody, e.g., an antinuclear autoantibody from an aged mammal, that binds to either one or both of a surface of a tumor cell and a protein released from a dead tumor cell. Also disclosed are natural and monoclonal antinuclear autoantibodies from aged mammals and a hybridoma cell line producing a monoclonal antinuclear autoantibody.