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Exogenous interleukin 2 (IL 2) reconstitutes deficient in vitro T-cell growth of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia of B-cell lineage (B-CLL).
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Jehn U, Gross H J, Wachholz K, Pauls R
Abstract excerpt
Mechanisms of tumor growth are concerned with the possibility that neoplasms are disturbed in their response to growth factors. Interleukin 2 (IL 2) is secreted by activated T-cells and is required for autocrine T-cell growth. Controversy exists as to the functional capacity of T-lymphocytes in p...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Interleukin-2
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Interleukin-2
- T-Lymphocytes
