Abstract
Despite the recent improvement in the treatment of ovarian cancer, this disease is still leading cause of cancer death in women. In this study, the anti-tumor activity of cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells against human ovarian cancer was evaluated in vitro and in vivo. Although CD3+CD56 + cells were rare in fresh human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, they could expand more than 1,000-fold on day 14 in the presence of anti-CD3 antibody plus IL-2. At an effector-target cell ratio of 30:1, CIK cells destroyed 45% of SK-OV-3 human ovarian cancer cells, which was determined by the 51Cr-release assay. In addition, CIK cells at a dose of 23 million cells per mouse inhibited 73% of SK-OV-3 tumor growth in nude mouse xenograft assay. This study suggests that CIK cells may be used as an adoptive immunotherapy for patients with ovarian cancer.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1464-1470 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Archives of pharmacal research |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 Nov 30 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was partiallys upportedby a grant from the KRIBB Research InitiativeP rogram and by the Korea Research FoundationG rantfunded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD) (The Regional Research Universities Program/Chungbuk BIT Research-Oriented University Consortium).
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Molecular Medicine
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry