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ArticleBritish journal of cancer1998

Comparative analysis of interleukin 15 and interleukin 2 for induction of killer activity and of type 2 cytokine production by mononuclear cells from lung cancer patients.

E Takeuchi, H Yanagawa, Y Suzuki, H Bando, S Sone

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Article in British journal of cancer, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

E TakeuchiThird Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Japan.
H Yanagawa
Y Suzuki
H Bando
S Sone
Tokushima University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin (IL) 15 is a novel cytokine with IL-2-like activity. In this study, we examined the effect of IL-15 on induction of non major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted killer activity and of type 2 cytokine production by peripheral blood and pleural mononuclear cells (MNCs), from 34 lung cancer patients and 20 control subjects. IL-15 induced significant killer activity in blood MNCs from lung cancer patients as well as control subjects against a small-cell lung cancer cell line (SBC-3). Effective killer induction by IL-15 was observed even in blood MNCs and pleural MNCs from the site of tumour growth in advanced lung cancer patients. IL-12 had an additive effect with a suboptimal dose of IL-15 in induction of killer activity. In the case of MNCs from lung cancer patients, IL-10 production was more prominent when cells were incubated with IL-2 than with IL-15. IL-5 production was observed in MNCs from lung cancer patients stimulated with IL-2, but not with IL-15. These observations suggest that IL-15, by virtue of its lesser induction of type 2 cytokine, may be a better candidate than IL-2 for lung cancer immunotherapy.

Indexed as

AdultAgedCarcinoma, Small CellCytokinesCytotoxicity Tests, ImmunologicFemaleHumansInterleukin-15Interleukin-2Leukocytes, MononuclearLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedMonocytes, Activated KillerTumor Cells, CulturedCytokinesInterleukin-15Interleukin-2

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PMID9744501
PMCPMC2063059
OpenAlexW2041040118

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