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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-7
pubmed:abstractText
The CD95 (APO-1/Fas) system is an important mediator of T-cell cytotoxicity. We investigated this system in 22 hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) from patients. All HCCs had partially or completely lost the expression of the CD95 receptor constitutively expressed by normal liver cells and might thus evade CD95-mediated killing. We also considered a new mechanism of immune evasion, namely, the active destruction of T-lymphocytes by tumor cells expressing CD95 ligand (CD95L). CD95L messenger RNA and protein could be detected in the HCCs. In coculture experiments, HepG2 hepatoblastoma cells, expressing CD95L mRNA after treatment with cytostatic drugs, killed CD95+ Jurkat lymphocytes. Our data suggest that tumor cells can evade immune attack by down-regulation of the CD95 receptor and killing of lymphocytes through expression of CD95L.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1078-8956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1361-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Bleomycin, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-DNA Fragmentation, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Fas Ligand Protein, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Jurkat Cells, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:8946836-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Lymphocyte apoptosis induced by CD95 (APO-1/Fas) ligand-expressing tumor cells--a mechanism of immune evasion?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't