Non-activated polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) isolated from the blood of non-stimulated rats were spontaneously and selectively cytostatic in vitro against a syngeneic colon cancer cell line. In this experimental model, the mechanism of PMN-mediated cytostasis did not depend on oxidative metabolites, but involved soluble factor(s), possibly granule proteases.
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