Article
Ultrastructure of IL2-stimulated tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes showing cytolytic activity against tumor cells.
Acta pathologica japonica - 1 Feb 1991
Tanaka H, Watanabe M, Zeniya M, Takahashi H
Abstract excerpt
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) obtained from tumor tissue and pleural effusion of breast carcinoma were cultured with interleukin-2 (IL2) and thus activated. The ultrastructure of TIL stimulated by IL2 to kill various breast carcinoma cells was then investigated. Freshly isolated TIL cultur...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- Breast Neoplasms
- CD57 Antigens
- CD8 Antigens
- Cell Division
- Humans
- Interleukin-2
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured