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  • Title: Human spleen and peripheral blood lymphocytes activated by interleukin-2 have similar phenotypic and functional characteristics.
    Author: Voltarelli JC, Rayner AA, Garovoy MR, Stites DP.
    Journal: J Biol Response Mod; 1990 Feb; 9(1):103-7. PubMed ID: 2319257.
    Abstract:
    Phenotypic markers and cytotoxic function were monitored in cultures of normal human mononuclear cells obtained from peripheral blood or spleen and stimulated by recombinant interleukin-2 (IL-2; 1,500 U/ml). Fresh spleen cells contained less than 5% natural killer (NK) cells (CD3-NKH1+), which increased about threefold after activation with IL-2. In both spleen and peripheral blood cultures, T cells with the NKH1 marker showed the highest relative increment among all cell types studied. Lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells from peripheral blood and spleen displayed very similar cytotoxic activity against K562, Daudi, and COLO carcinoma cell lines. Killing of the three targets peaked at 7 days of culture. Antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity against a B-cell line was mediated by both circulating and splenic LAK cells from 2 to 14 days of culture. Cell sorting experiments showed that K562 targets were killed by both CD5+NKH1+ and CD5-NKH1+ cells whereas Daudi targets are only killed by CD5-NKH1+ activated NK cells from both spleen and peripheral blood. In summary, human spleen LAK cells have similar phenotypic and functional properties to circulating LAK cells, and they may be used for adoptive immunotherapy of human cancer.
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