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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
Macrophage precursor cells were cultured from the bone marrow of mice in a liquid culture system in the presence of conditioned medium. To separate their different maturation stages, they were passed through a discontinuous Ficoll density gradient, treated with iron plus magnet or passed through glass bead columns. The different maturation stages have been tested for their function in antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) against tumor target cells and in lymphokine-induced macrophage-mediated cytotoxicity. It is shown that the promonocyte, a nonadherent, nonphagocytic precursor cell, is a highly potent cytotoxic effector cell against antibody-coated tumor targets but is totally inactive as an effector cell in lymphokine-induced macrophage-mediated cytotoxicity. In contrast, in the lymphokine-induced macrophage-mediated cytotoxicity the cytotoxic effector cell is a mature macrophage. Thus, ADCC seems to be a function of the macrophage precursor promonocytes, whereas lymphokine-induced cytotoxicity is performed by mature macrophages. The relationship of promonocytes and killer (k) cells in ADCC against tumor targets is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
267-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity against tumor cells. II. The promonocyte identified as effector cell.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article