Article
The pattern of cytokine gene expression in freshly excised human metastatic melanoma suggests a state of reversible anergy of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.
International journal of cancer - 15 May 1994
Lüscher U, Filgueira L, Juretic A, Zuber M, Lüscher N J, Heberer M, Spagnoli G C
Abstract excerpt
Expression of an extended panel of cytokine genes was investigated by reverse polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 10 freshly excised melanoma metastases infiltrated by lymphocytes (TIL). cDNA encoding for CD3-delta and tyrosinase could be amplified in all samples, confirming the presence of T lymp...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Brain Neoplasms
- Cytokines
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
- Male
- Melanoma
- Middle Aged