Article
Proliferative, phenotypic and functional and molecular characteristics of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes obtained from unselected patients with malignant melanomas and expanded in vitro in the presence of recombinant interleukin-2.
Melanoma research - 1 Apr 1994
Melioli G, Guastella M, Semino C, Meta M, Pietra G, Ponte M, Queirolo P, Sertoli M R, Martini L, Reali U M
Abstract excerpt
Tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) derived from several histotypes, including melanoma, can be expanded in vitro in the presence of recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) and infused as part of experimental adoptive immunotherapy protocols. Several authors have described the isolation and the expan...
Topics
- Adult
- Cell Division
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Female
- Humans
- Immunotherapy, Adoptive
- Interleukin-2
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
- Male
- Melanoma
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
