Article
[Isolation and expansion of glioma-infiltrating lymphocytes in vitro: an analysis of their surface phenotypes and antitumor activities].
[Hokkaido igaku zasshi] The Hokkaido journal of medical science - 1 Nov 1991
Sawamura Y
Abstract excerpt
The present study was conducted in order to examine the feasibility of isolating and growing glioma-infiltrating lymphocytes in vitro as possible effector cells for use in an adoptive immunotherapy. Thirty surgical specimens obtained from patients with malignant astrocytomas were studied. The glioma-infiltrating lymphocytes were separated from tumor tissue, expanded in the presence of interleukin-2, and evaluated...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, CD
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Female
- Glioma
- Humans
- Immunotherapy, Adoptive
- Interleukin-2
- Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated
- Lymphocyte Activation
