Article
Immunologic and clinical aspects of natural killer cells in human leukemia.
Natural immunity and cell growth regulation - 1 Jan 1990
Lotzová E, Savary C A, Pollock R E, Fuchshuber P
Abstract excerpt
We have studied peripheral-blood, splenic and bone marrow natural killer (NK) activity in patients with leukemia. These studies demonstrated that leukemic patients displayed defective NK activity in all of these tissues. However, NK defect could be corrected by culture of effector cells with interleukin-2 (IL-2). The phenotypic analysis of IL-2 cultures showed clearly the heterogeneity of lymphocyte subsets. The...
Topics
- Bone Marrow Cells
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Humans
- Interleukin-2
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Leukemia
- Phenotype
- Spleen
