Article
Human colorectal tumour infiltrating lymphocytes express activation markers and the CD45RO molecule, showing a primed population of lymphocytes in the tumour area.
Gut - 1 Mar 1994
Ostenstad B, Lea T, Schlichting E, Harboe M
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated the phenotype of freshly isolated human tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) from 14 patients with colorectal tumours, and compared them with lymphocytes derived from the lamina propria of the unaffected mucosa and with lymphocytes derived from peripheral blood of the sam...
Topics
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Humans
- Interleukin-2
- Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Leukocyte Common Antigens
- Leukocyte Count
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
- Phenotype
- Rectal Neoplasms