Abstract:
:The aim of this work was to monitor the functional and phenotypic variations of natural killer (NK) cells in seven children with stage IV neuroblastoma (NB) treated with recurrent 5-day cycles of interleukin-2 (IL-2) at a dose of 18 x 10(6) IU/m2/d by continuous intravenous infusion. All patients who entered the study had no detectable disease after hematologic recovery from intensive chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT). To evaluate the effect of this treatment on tumor relapse, IL-2 immunotherapy was adjusted to maintain levels of NK activity above those of age-matched controls (threshold of 40 lytic units [LU]/10(9) mononuclear cells) during a 1-year period since hematologic recovery of ABMT. The levels of NK and endogenous lymphokine-activated killer (eLAK) cell cytotoxic activities, as well as phenotype-differentiated lymphocyte counts, were determined from patients' freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNC). Data were analyzed at different points between each cycle of IL-2, and before and 36 hours after each infusion. NK and eLAK activities significantly increased in response to IL-2. Both cytotoxic parameters correlated with the serum levels of the soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2R). IL-2 increased the amounts of NK and T cell subsets but not of B cells. The effects of IL-2 were time-dependent. Early cycles of IL-2 preferentially increased cell numbers, especially of cells bearing a CD3-/CD16-/CD56+bright and CD8+dim phenotype. Conversely, late courses promoted higher cytotoxic effects but with a smaller increase in NK and T cell counts; the main NK subset became CD16+, and CD8+dim cells remained a minor subset. It is worthy to note that the patient who relapsed after completing immunotherapy showed only a slight increase of the NK subset in response to IL-2. These results show the feasibility of sustaining an increased NK activity during 1 year after ABMT in children with advanced neuroblastoma and suggest the occurrence of changes in the functional and phenotypic characteristics of the NK cells generated throughout the 1-year treatment.
journal_name
Exp Hematoljournal_title
Experimental hematologyauthors
Martí F,Pardo N,Peiró M,Bertran E,Amill B,García J,Cubells J,Rueda Fsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-12-01 00:00:00pages
1445-52issue
14eissn
0301-472Xissn
1873-2399journal_volume
23pub_type
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
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更新日期:1988-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2008.09.015
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2004.09.010
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0301-472x(01)00626-9
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2007.09.006
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2006.04.019
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2010.03.002
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1984-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
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doi:
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2003-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
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doi:
更新日期:1997-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
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更新日期:1990-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2019.07.005
更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2006.05.021
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2004.08.009
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0301-472x(03)00050-x
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2007.12.013
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00