1. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) from patients with glioma
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Zhenjiang Liu, Qingda Meng, Jiri Bartek, Thomas Poiret, Oscar Persson, Lalit Rane, Elena Rangelova, Christopher Illies, Inti Harvey Peredo, Xiaohua Luo, Martin Vijayakumar Rao, Rebecca Axelsson Robertson, Ernest Dodoo, and Markus Maeurer
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brain tumor ,cellular therapy ,cytokines ,glioma ,til ,Immunologic diseases. Allergy ,RC581-607 ,Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,RC254-282 - Abstract
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) may represent a viable source of T cells for the biological treatment of patients with gliomas. Glioma tissue was obtained from 16 patients, tumor cell lines were established, and TILs were expanded in 16/16 cases using a combination of IL-2/IL-15/IL-21. Intracellular cytokine staining (ICS, IL-2, IL-17, TNFα and IFNγ production) as well as a cytotoxicity assay was used to detect TIL reactivity against autologous tumor cells or shared tumor-associated antigens (TAAs; i.e., NY-ESO-1, Survivin or EGFRvIII). TILs were analyzed by flow cytometry, including T-cell receptor (TCR) Vβ family composition, exhaustion/activation and T-cell differentiation markers (CD45RA/CCR7). IL-2/IL-15/IL-21 expanded TILs exhibited a mixture of CD4+, CD8+, as well as CD3+ CD4−CD8− T cells with a predominant central memory CD45RA−CCR7+ phenotype. TIL showed low frequencies of T cells testing positive for PD-1, TIM-3 and CTLA-4. LAG3 tested positive in up to 30% of CD8+ TIL, with low (1.25%) frequencies in CD4+ T cells. TIL cultures exhibited preferential usage of Vβ families and recognition of autologous tumor cells defined by cytokine production and cytotoxicity. IL-2/IL-15/IL-21 expanded TILs represent a viable source for the cellular therapy of patients with gliomas.
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- 2017
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