139 Are lymphocytic pleural effusions predictive of significant pathology?

Tumor-associated lymphocytes (TAL) are c

Tumor-associated lymphocytes (TAL) are competent to produce higher levels of cytokines in neoplastic pleural and peritoneal effusions than those found in sera and are able to release into culture higher levels of IL-2 and IL-6 than those released by PBMC

✍ G. Mantovani; A. Macciò; R. Versace; M. Pisano; P. Lai; S. Esu; M. Ghiani; D. De 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 898 KB

This work was designed to study the proliferative response of tumor-associated lymphocytes (TAL) from neoplastic effusions against autologous tumor cells and the immunophenotype pattern of TAL from neoplastic effusions and that of PBMC of the same patients. We also compared the serum levels of the c