Augmented human-tumor-cytolytic activity of peripheral blood lymphocytes and cells from a mixed lymphocyte / tumor culture activated by interleukin-12 plus interleukin-2, and the phenotypic characterization of the cells in patients with advanced carcinoma

1997 ◽  
Vol 123 (9) ◽  
pp. 478-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shohei Koyama
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Interleukin 2 ◽  
Human Tumor ◽  
Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes ◽  
Cytolytic Activity ◽  
Phenotypic Characterization ◽  
Interleukin 12 ◽  
Advanced Carcinoma ◽  
Blood Lymphocytes

Long-Term Follow-up of Patients with Recurrent Malignant Gliomas Treated with Adjuvant Adoptive Immunotherapy

Neurosurgery ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin O. Lillehei ◽  
Dawn H. Mitchell ◽  
Stephen D. Johnson ◽  
Larry E. McCleary ◽  
Carol A. Kruse
Keyword(s):  
Survival Time ◽  
Adoptive Immunotherapy ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Interleukin 2 ◽  
Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes ◽  
Lak Cells ◽  
Prior Chemotherapy ◽  
Blood Lymphocytes ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Between August 1986 and October 1987, the Denver Brain Tumor Research Group conducted a clinical trial using autologous human recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2)-activated lymphocytes to treat 20 patients with recurrent high-grade gliomas. The trial involved surgical resection and/or decompression followed by intracavitary implantation of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and autologous stimulated lymphocytes (ASL) along with rIL-2 in a plasma clot. One month later, stimulated lymphocytes and rIL-2 were infused through a Rickham reservoir attached to a catheter directed into the tumor bed. The LAK cells were rIL-2-activated peripheral blood lymphocytes cultured for 4 days; the ASL were lectin- and rIL-2-activated peripheral blood lymphocytes cultured for 10 days. Of the 20 patients treated, 11 were evaluated as a group (mean age, 44 years, range, 15-61 years; mean Karnofsky rating, 69, range, 50-100; mean Decadron dose at entry, 14 mg/d. range, 0-32). The average number of lymphocytes implanted was 7.6 × 109 (range, 1.9-27.5 × 109), together with 1 to 4 × 106 U of rIL-2. To date, 10 of the 11 patients died, all from recurrent tumor growth. The median overall survival time was 63 weeks (range, 36-201; mean, 86). The median survival time after immunotherapy was 18 weeks (range, 11-151; mean, 39). No significant difference in survival after immunotherapy was found between those patients who had received previous chemotherapy and those who had not. The use of steroids or prior chemotherapy did not influence the in vitro generation of ASL or LAK cells. Prior chemotherapy did correlate, however, with diminished in vitro cytotoxicity against the natural killer-sensitive (K562) target cell by LAK cells (P < 0.05) but not that by ASL. There were no major adverse side effects. Although adoptive immunotherapy was safe and well tolerated, its therapeutic potential remains in question.

scholarly journals Increased Migratory and Activation Cell Markers of Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes in an Experimental Model of Nephrotic Syndrome

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wagner de Fátima Pereira ◽  
Gustavo Eustáquio Alvim Brito-Melo ◽  
Cláudia Martins Carneiro ◽  
Dirceu de Sousa Melo ◽  
Karine Beatriz Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nephrotic Syndrome ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Tissue Injury ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes ◽  
Phenotypic Characterization ◽  
Blood Collection ◽  
Blood Leukocytes ◽  
Male Adult

The present study aimed to evaluate the expression of CD80 and CD18 in subpopulations of peripheral blood leukocytes and oxidative kidney damage in rats with nephrotic syndrome (NS) induced by doxorubicin (Dox) in comparison to control animals at different time points. Male adult Wistar rats were submitted to 24-hour urine and blood collection for biochemical and immunological analysis at 7, 14, 21, and 28 days after Dox injection. After euthanasia, the kidneys were removed for histological analysis and the evaluation of oxidative stress. The phenotypic characterization of leukocytes was performed using flow cytometry. Dox-injected animals exhibited increased CD18 expression in cytotoxic T lymphocytes, NK cells, and monocytes and high CD80 expression in monocytes. Kidney oxidative damage was positively correlated with CD80 expression in monocytes and serum levels of creatinine. These results suggest that phagocytic and cytotoxic cells are preferentially recruited to the tissue injury site, which may contribute to kidney dysfunction in this animal model of NS. The blockade of integrin and costimulatory molecules may provide new therapeutic opportunities for NS.

scholarly journals Lymphokine-activated killer cell phenomenon. III. Evidence that IL-2 is sufficient for direct activation of peripheral blood lymphocytes into lymphokine-activated killer cells.

1983 ◽  
Vol 158 (4) ◽  
pp. 1356-1361 ◽  
Author(s):  
E A Grimm ◽  
R J Robb ◽  
J A Roth ◽  
L M Neckers ◽  
L B Lachman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Purification ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Killer Cell ◽  
Interleukin 2 ◽  
Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes ◽  
Lymphokine Activated Killer Cells ◽  
Blood Lymphocytes ◽  
Direct Activation ◽  
Activation Factor ◽  
Dependent Cell

Purified interleukin 2 (IL-2) was found to be sufficient for direct activation of peripheral blood lymphocytes into lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells. The LAK activation factor was directly and consistently associated with IL-2 activity using classic protein purification techniques, adsorption to IL-2-dependent cell lines, and inhibition with anti-Tac antibody. As yet, no other cytokines have been found that perform the same role.

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