INCREASED PROLIFERATION OF MYOBLASTS AFTER CYCLIC PLASMA PERFUSION OFTUMOR-BEARING RABBITS

Rabbits implanted with VX2 carcinoma and treated by cyclic plasma perf usion showed loner weight loss and longer survival than untreated rabb its. The urinary 3-methylhistidine/creatinine ratio was less elevated in the treated rabbits than in the untreated rabbits, Myoblasts from u ntreated rabbits with VX2 carcinoma showed lon er proliferation than t hose from normal rabbits, while those from rabbits treated by cyclic p lasma perfusion showed intermediate proliferation. Furthermore, the DN A synthesis rate of myoblasts from treated rabbits was much better mai ntained than in the case of untreated rabbits.