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Increased expression of perforin and granzyme B genes in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with recombinant interleukin-2.
Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII - 1 Jul 1994
Leger-Ravet M B, Mathiot C, Portier A, Brandely M, Galanaud P, Fridman W H, Emilie D
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of peripheral blood cells expressing the perforin gene or the granzyme B gene was evaluated by in situ hybridization in nine patients suffering from metastatic melanoma and treated with recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2). A spontaneous expression of both genes was detected in five to seven patients. rIL-2 administration increased the frequency of positive cells in all patients (P < 0.03 for each...
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