title: Human tumor cell lines with pleiotropic drug resistance are efficiently killed by interleukin-2 activated killer cells and by activated monocytes.
abstract: Two human cell lines, the colon carcinoma Lovo and the transformed intestinal I-407, and their variants (Lovo/Dx and I-407/Dx), with pleiotropic resistance to cancer chemotherapeutic drugs, were examined for their susceptibility to human Interleukin-2-activated killer cells and to activated monocytes. These non-specific or broadly specific effector cells expressed cytotoxicity levels on pleiotropically resistant tumor cells comparable to those of the parental cell populations. This finding provides a rationale for immunological approaches designed to eradicate residual tumor cells surviving and resistant to cytotoxic chemotherapy.
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007376:Interleukin-2