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Recent approaches to induction of cytotoxic lymphocytes against leukemia.
Leukemia - 1 Aug 1993
Lotzová E
Abstract excerpt
We have shown that therapy of AML patients in second remission with continuous infusion of IL-2 resulted in generation of cytotoxic lymphocytes in peripheral blood and bone marrow. However, these lymphocytes mediated cytotoxicity only against tumor cell lines, and not against AML blasts. Additional in vitro activation with higher dose of IL-2 was necessary for induction of AML blast oncolysis. This indicates that...
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- Acute Disease
- Humans
- Immunotherapy, Adoptive
- Interleukin-2
- Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated
- Leukemia, Myeloid
- Lymphocyte Activation
