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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2010

Impact of γ-chain cytokines on EBV-specific T cell cultures.

Anna Merlo, Riccardo Turrini, Cristina Trento, Paola Zanovello, Riccardo Dolcetti, Antonio Rosato

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Anna MerloUniversity of Padova, Dept. of Oncology and Surgical Sciences, Via Gattamelata 64, 35128 Padova, Italy.
Riccardo Turrini
Cristina Trento
Paola Zanovello
Riccardo Dolcetti
Antonio Rosato
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITUniversity of Padua · ITCentro di Riferimento Oncologico · ITImperial College London · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecent preclinical adoptive immunotherapy studies in murine models prompt to employ "proper" rather than "as many as possible" antigen-specific T cells to gain better therapeutic results. Ideally, "proper" T cells are poorly differentiated in vitro, but retain the capacity to fully differentiate into effector cells in vivo, where they can undergo long-term survival and strong proliferation. Such requirements can be achieved by modifying culture conditions, namely using less "differentiating" cytokines than IL-2.

methodsTo evaluate this issue in human T cell cultures, we exploited a well characterized and clinical-grade protocol finalized at generating EBV-specific CTL for adoptive immunotherapy. In particular, we studied the impact of IL-7, IL-15 and IL-21 compared to IL-2 on different aspects of T cell functionality, namely growth kinetics, differentiation/activation marker expression, cytokine production, and short-term and long-term cytotoxicity.

resultsResults disclosed that the culture modifications we introduced in the standard protocol did not improve activity nor induce substantial changes in differentiation marker expression of EBV-specific CTL.

conclusionsOur data indicated that the addition of γ-chain cytokines other than IL-2 for the generation of EBV-specific T cell cultures did not produce the improvements expected on the basis of recent published literature. This fact was likely due to the intrinsic differences between murine and human models and highlights the need to design ad hoc protocols rather than simply modify the cytokines added in culture.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomarkersCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCytokinesHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansKineticsMicePhenotypeT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicBiomarkersCytokines

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PMID21092174
PMCPMC3001712
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