Cytotoxic effector cells with antitumor activity can be amplified ex vivo from biopsies or blood of patients with renal cell carcinoma for cell therapy use

2003 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 699-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Françoise Bouet-Toussaint ◽  
Jean-Jacques Patard ◽  
Alban Gervais ◽  
Noëlle Genetet ◽  
Cécile Thomas de la Pintière ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara E. Jäkel ◽  
Stefan Hauser ◽  
Sebastian Rogenhofer ◽  
Stefan C. Müller ◽  
P. Brossart ◽  
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Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) seems to be resistant to conventional chemo- and radiotherapy and the general treatment regimen of cytokine therapy produces only modest responses while inducing severe side effects. Nowadays standard of care is the treatment with VEGF-inhibiting agents or mTOR inhibition; nevertheless, immunotherapy can induce complete remissions and long-term survival in selected patients. Among different adoptive lymphocyte therapies, cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells have a particularly advantageous profile as these cells are easily available, have a high proliferative rate, and exhibit a high antitumor activity. Here, we reviewed clinical studies applying CIK cells, either alone or with standard therapies, for the treatment of RCC. The adverse events in all studies were mild, transient, and easily controllable.In vitrostudies revealed an increased antitumor activity of peripheral lymphocytes of participants after CIK cell treatment and CIK cell therapy was able to induce complete clinical responses in RCC patients. The combination of CIK cell therapy and standard therapy was superior to standard therapy alone. These studies suggest that CIK cell immunotherapy is a safe and competent treatment strategy for RCC patients and further studies should investigate different treatment combinations and schedules for optimal application of CIK cells.


2010 ◽  
Vol 183 (4S) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Polcari ◽  
Ahmer Farooq ◽  
Cory Hugen ◽  
Peter Lundberg ◽  
Anthony LoGuidice ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rikke Andersen ◽  
Marie Christine Wulff Westergaard ◽  
Julie Westerlin Kjeldsen ◽  
Anja Müller ◽  
Natasja Wulff Pedersen ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masatomo Nishikawa ◽  
Hideaki Miyake ◽  
Martin Gleave ◽  
Masato Fujisawa

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