title: Human stomach carcinoma-specific T cells derived from the tumour-draining lymph nodes.
abstract: In this paper we investigate the reactivity pattern of T cells from stomach carcinoma patients against autologous tumour cells. T cells obtained from the tumour environment, tumour-draining lymph nodes and peripheral blood were cloned in 78 patients with stomach cancer and anti-tumour cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) precursor frequencies were assessed in each sample by using limiting dilution analysis. When tumour-specific CTLs were tested for specific T-cell killing by using only low doses of Interleukin 2 (100 U ml-1), a moderate rate of proliferation frequency of T cells (0.047) and specific cytotoxicity (12%) were observed in lymph node populations. When both IL-2 and autologous tumour cells in mixed lymphocyte tumour cultures (MLTCs) were used for stimulation, a dramatic increase in number (0.1) and in specific lytic activity (46%) could be measured. No effect or specific activity to tumour cells was observed with peripheral blood lymphocytes and tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Pathologisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stulle
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Vollmers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marquardt
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Müller-Hermelink
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016516:CD4-CD8 Ratio; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000276:immunology*; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D016246:Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*