title: TCR gamma delta bearing T lymphocytes infiltrating human primary cutaneous melanomas.
abstract: In situ immunophenotypic studies show that tumor infiltrating T lymphocytes from six of 11 fresh cutaneous primary melanomas tested contain T-cell receptor gamma delta expressing cells whereas those from 8 metastatic melanomas did not. In three cases these cells represent an unexpectedly high proportion of the lymphocytic infiltrate, ranging from 15 to 25%. This elevated percentage is maintained when tumor infiltrating lymphocytes are propagated in vitro for 2 or 3 weeks in the presence of recombinant interleukin 2 and autologous tumor cells. Functional studies reveal that gamma delta lines or clones developed from lymphocytes infiltrating primary melanoma display, in addition to their natural killer-like activity, a potent autologous tumor cell cytotoxic activity that does not seem to be restricted by major histocompatibility complex gene products.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire INSERM U93, Hoital Saint Louis, Paris, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bachelez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Flageul
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Degos
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boumsell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bensussan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016246:Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / Q000276:immunology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010641:Phenotype; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000032:analysis; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000032:analysis*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta