Article
Functional and phenotypic analyses of interleukin 2-activated tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.
Biotherapy (Dordrecht, Netherlands) - 1 Jan 1990
Yamaue H, Tanimura H, Tsunoda T, Iwahashi M, Tani M, Tamai M, Inoue M
Abstract excerpt
The tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) were cultured with interleukin 2 (IL-2) to induce the activated killer cells possessing autologous tumor-killing activity, and analysed their cell surface phenotypes and assessed anti-tumor killing activity. Furthermore, the activated TILs were transferred into 7 patients adoptively resulting in complete remission in a patient with pancreatic cancer and partial remission...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- CD56 Antigen
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Female
- Humans
- Immunotherapy, Adoptive
- Interleukin-2
- Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated
- Lymphocyte Activation
