Does polyadenylic-polyuridylic acid enhance the natural cell-mediated cytotoxicity in patients with breast cancer undergoing mastectomy?
PAPU prevented the decrease in the circulating number and cytotoxic activity of NK cells that occurred after operation and enhanced NK cell cytotoxicity. This may have important implications for patients with cancer undergoing major operation.
About one in ten children aged 6-11 suffers from a mental disorder. Male gender, loss of mother and lower socio-economic status are associated with mental disorders in children. Further long-term prospective studies are needed, in order to clarify the epidemiological and psychopathological relationships between childhood and adult mental disorders.