Article
Higher LPS-stimulated TNF-alpha mRNA levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients.
Experimental hematology - 1 Mar 2001
Baseggio L, Bienvenu J, Charlot C, Picollet J, Felman P, Coiffier B, Salles G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to investigate the capacity of normal immune blood cells from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients to produce tumor necrosis factor (TNF) after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation and the influence of the TNF (-308) polymorphism in this production. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A whole peripheral blood cell assay was utilized following LPS stimulation. At selected incubation...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- DNA, Complementary
- Dactinomycin
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genotype
- Humans
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Proteins
