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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-24
pubmed:abstractText
To investigate the potential of autologous lymphocytes to eliminate chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cells following activation and targeting by CD3-monoclonal antibody, we cultured Ficoll-isolated peripheral blood cells from 11 patients with CML in the chronic phase in permutated combinations of interleukin (IL)-2, CD3-monoclonal antibody (OKT3), and interferon (IFN)gamma. The efficiency of CML cell elimination was studied by means of flow cytometry and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis. Cultures containing only OKT3 and IL-2, with or without IFNgamma, resulted in tumor cell reduction to the level of RT-PCR negativity. The length of the culture period required to reach a RT-PCR-negative state ranged from 3 to 33 days. A 1- to 2-log reduction in leukemic cells could be achieved by culture medium alone. In contrast, 3- to 4-log reductions in CML cells were observed following in vitro culture and ex vivo T cell activation with a given sensitivity for RT-PCR detection of 1 bcr/abl+ cell in 10(4). The feasibility of purging chronic myelogenous leukemia cells in a short time was associated with a low number of platelet counts (r=0.6457; p < 0.05). CML cell reduction was associated with expansion of CD25+/CD4+//CD8+/-/CD56+/- lymphocytes. These findings may be of relevance for immunotherapy procedures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0301-472X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1265-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Antigens, CD3, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcr, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9845383-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Activation of autologous lymphocytes of patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia in the chronic phase with cytokines and CD3 monoclonal antibody results in bcr/abl- blood leukocyte cultures as determined by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical School Benjamin Franklin, Free University Berlin, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't