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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-8-23
pubmed:abstractText
Effective immunotherapy for human leukemia based on infusions of T lymphocytes requires the identification of effector T cells that target the leukemic stem cell. The transplantation of human acute myeloid leukemia into nonobese diabetic/severe combined immune deficient (SCID) mice has identified a rare leukemic progenitor termed the SCID leukemia-initiating cell, which is present in low frequency in the leukemic population and is essential for establishing leukemic hematopoiesis. Thus, this transplant model may be ideally suited to identify effector T cells with antileukemic activity. We report that CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clones specific for minor histocompatibility antigens inhibit the engraftment of human acute myeloid leukemia cells in nonobese diabetic/SCID mice and demonstrate that this inhibition is mediated by direct CTL recognition of SCID leukemia-initiating cells. These results indicate that CD8(+) minor histocompatibility antigen-specific CTL may be mediators of the graft-versus-leukemia effect associated with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation and provide an experimental model to identify and select T cell clones for immunotherapy to prevent or treat relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8639-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
CD8(+) minor histocompatibility antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte clones eliminate human acute myeloid leukemia stem cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Programs in Cancer/Blood Research and Developmental Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't