Abstract

Although it is possible to isolate clones of T-lymphocytes which have specific cytotoxicity directed against autologous tumor cells, the techniques involved are laborious. More convenient assays for specific cytotoxic T-cells (CTLs) would simplify the study of immune response to tumors and would facilitate the investigation of systemic immune responses in cancer patients who are undergoing immunotherapy such as tumor vaccine therapy. The novel ELISPOT assay uses peripheral blood T-cells from patients which are stimulated by exposure in vitro to membranes derived from a surgically obtained sample of the same patient's cancer. In a previous we have shown that stimulation of T-cells of mice and men with cellular membranes is effective and specific. We have also observed that T-cells of patients undergoing a vaccination protocol with an array of cancers could be stimulated specifically by the membranes derived from those patients' cancers. In the present study we will expand this analysis to a larger number of cancer patients with a broader variety of cancers, and at different stages, to establish a baseline for evaluating immune response to tumors.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
Project #
2M01RR006192-06
Application #
6122698
Study Section
Project Start
1998-12-01
Project End
1999-11-30
Budget Start
1998-10-01
Budget End
1999-09-30
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Connecticut
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Farmington
State
CT
Country
United States
Zip Code
06030

  Publications

Lieberman, Richard; Kranzler, Henry R; Levine, Eric S et al. (2018) Examining the effects of alcohol on GABAA receptor mRNA expression and function in neural cultures generated from control and alcohol dependent donor induced pluripotent stem cells. Alcohol 66:45-53
Usmani, Saad; Choquette, Linda; Bona, Robert et al. (2018) Transient bacteremia induced by dental cleaning is not associated with infection of central venous catheters in patients with cancer. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 125:286-294
Moscufo, Nicola; Wakefield, Dorothy B; Meier, Dominik S et al. (2018) Longitudinal microstructural changes of cerebral white matter and their association with mobility performance in older persons. PLoS One 13:e0194051
Santos-Cortez, Regie Lyn P; Hu, Ying; Sun, Fanyue et al. (2017) Identification of ASAH1 as a susceptibility gene for familial keloids. Eur J Hum Genet 25:1155-1161
Jin, Lingling; Liu, Yi; Sun, Fanyue et al. (2017) Three novel ANO5 missense mutations in Caucasian and Chinese families and sporadic cases with gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia. Sci Rep 7:40935
Lieberman, Richard; Kranzler, Henry R; Levine, Eric S et al. (2017) Examining FKBP5 mRNA expression in human iPSC-derived neural cells. Psychiatry Res 247:172-181
Liu, Yaling; Dutra, Eliane H; Reichenberger, Ernst J et al. (2016) Dietary phosphate supplement does not rescue skeletal phenotype in a mouse model for craniometaphyseal dysplasia. J Negat Results Biomed 15:18
Lieberman, Richard; Armeli, Stephen; Scott, Denise M et al. (2016) FKBP5 genotype interacts with early life trauma to predict heavy drinking in college students. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 171:879-87
Litt, Mark D; Duffy, Valerie; Oncken, Cheryl (2016) Cigarette smoking and electronic cigarette vaping patterns as a function of e-cigarette flavourings. Tob Control 25:ii67-ii72
Rash, Carla J; Burki, Madison; Montezuma-Rusca, Jairo M et al. (2016) A retrospective and prospective analysis of trading sex for drugs or money in women substance abuse treatment patients. Drug Alcohol Depend 162:182-9

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