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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
Melanoma-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) can be generated from peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) by mixed lymphocyte-tumour cell cultures. Analysis of CTL precursor frequencies in peripheral blood of melanoma patients is generally used for immunomonitoring purposes to evaluate vaccination efficacy. At present, it is unclear whether PBL-derived CTL generated in vitro are indicative of an anti-tumour immune response in vivo. Three tumour-specific human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B/C-restricted CTL clones were derived from peripheral blood of a melanoma patient immunized with interleukin-7 (IL-7) gene-modified tumour cells. CTL clones differing in their T-cell receptor-gamma (TCRgamma) rearrangement produced interferon-gamma, IL-4 and/or IL-10. On the basis of their unique TCRgamma gene rearrangements clone-specific primers were generated for detection of clone-specific DNA by polymerase chain reaction. One CTL clone (E5) of the three was found to be selectively expanded in one of seven metastases obtained at autopsy, as determined by Southern blot hybridization. However, the presence of E5 in only one of seven metastases at death indicates that the in vivo accumulation of the specific CTL clone was not sufficient to contain tumour progression. Nevertheless, our data support the proposition that analysis of anti-tumour activity of PBL-derived CTLs may reflect an anti-tumour immune response in vivo.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0019-2805
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
535-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
In vivo selective expansion of a tumour-specific cytotoxic T-cell clone derived from peripheral blood of a melanoma patient after vaccination with gene-modified autologous tumour cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Co-operation Unit for Dermato-Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't