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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
The molecular basis of neoplastic B-cell growth is complex and poorly understood. Cytokines have been postulated to contribute to neoplastic cell growth, and many in vitro studies have confirmed this prediction, but little is known about the in vivo role of these growth factors. We have examined the production of interleukin-14 (IL-14) (high molecular weight [HMW], B-cell growth factor [BCGF]) by aggressive intermediate (diffuse large cell) lymphomas of the B-cell type non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL-B) in four patients with lymphomatous effusions. In these studies, IL-14 was detected in the effusion fluids by Western blots and IL-14 mRNA was constitutively expressed in the freshly isolated lymphoma cells that also expressed the receptor for IL-14 (IL14R). Lymphoma B cells placed at low serum and cell density proliferated in vitro to either purified IL-14 or IL-14 derived from effusion fluids. Antibodies to IL-14 removed the growth-stimulating cytokine(s) from the effusions. Cell lines developed from these patients produced IL-14 in vitro and antisense oligos to IL-14 blocked their growth in vitro. Thus, autocrine or paracrine production of IL-14 may play a significant role in the rapid proliferation of aggressive NHL-B. Interrupting this pathway could be a useful goal of therapy for patients resistant to conventional chemotherapy.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
283-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Aneuploidy, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Culture Media, Conditioned, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Exudates and Transudates, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Interleukins, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Lymphoma, B-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Neoplastic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Oligonucleotides, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Receptors, Interleukin, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7795235-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of B-cell growth factors (interleukin-14; high molecular weight-B-cell growth factors) in effusion fluids from patients with aggressive B-cell lymphomas.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.