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Clinical and immunological studies in advanced cancer patients sequentially treated with anti CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) and interleukin-2.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Apr 1996
Borrione P, Montacchini L, Beggiato E, Pileri A, Bianchi A, Massaia M
Abstract excerpt
CD3 engagement has been used as a surrogate for antigen-specific stimulation to trigger T cell effector functions. Exogenous IL-2 has been used to prolong and amplify CD3-induced T cell activation. Previous studies have been shown that CD3 reactivity is increased in cancer patients with preactivated (> 10% HLA-DR+) T cells in the peripheral blood. In this study, we report 9 courses of a single infusion of...
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