Lymphokine-activated killer cell susceptibility and adhesion molecule expression of multidrug resistant breast carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Reports showing susceptibility of multidrug resistant (MDR) cancer cells to immune effectors, together with P-glycoprotein (P-gp) expression in immune effector subsets, including immature natural killer (NK) cells, and some activated T cells, suggest P-gp or some changes associated with it, have implications in immune-mediated mechanisms. A series of experiments were done to determine the nature of alterations associated with susceptibility to immune effector cells of MDR tumor cells. A cell line isolated from the malignant pleural effusion of a breast cancer patient was transfected with human and murine MDR1 genes, and four variants with different levels of MDR were obtained. Lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) activity was measured by a 51Chromium release, and conjugate formation assays. M

SUBMITTER: Savas B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1635735 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature