Agar Capillary Clonogenic Microassays for Cellular Immunocytotoxic Activities in Human Leukaemia and Lymphoma
作者:
MaurerH. Rainer,
HassanHassan Tawhid,
期刊:
Leukemia&Lymphoma
(Taylor Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 4-5
页码: 305-313
ISSN:1042-8194
年代: 1993
DOI:10.3109/10428199309148527
出版商: Taylor&Francis
关键词: Interferon;interleukin-2;LAK cells;leukaemia;lymphoma;NK cells
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Current concepts of immunotherapeutic approaches in Ieukemias and lymphomas using activated cytotoxic lymphocytes and macrophages are briefly reviewed. Defective cellular immunocytotoxic activities and effects of interleukins and chemotherapeutic drugs thereupon are discussed. In vitro assays to measure lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) and natural killer (NK) cell activities suffer from various problems, depending on the quality of the endpoints. Our clonogenic microassay for LAK cell activity, using agar-containing glass capillaries, avoids some of the potential artifacts and offers several advantages that are discussed. As an example the stimulatory effect of low mafosfamide concentrations on the LAK cell activity versus K562 human myeloid Leukemia cells is demonstrated. Thus, our clonogenic LAK microassay provides a valid tool for preclinical screening of immunomodulatory agents.
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