Common Antigen in Meningioma-Derived Cell Cultures
L. W. Catalano Jr. 1,
D. H. Harter 1, and
K. C. Hsu 1
1 Departments of Neurology and Microbiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York 10032
Serums of patients with intracranial meningiomas reacted in immunofluorescence assays with cell cultures and tumor imprints prepared from human meningiomas. Antibody in these serums appears to be specific for antigens in meningioma tissue and shows some cross-reactivity with neoplastic tissue of glial origin.