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Lymphocytes from patients with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary bladder are more cytotoxic to bladder tumor cells than to a variety of control cells. This disease-related cytotoxicity has previously been shown to involve several mechanisms and different types of effector cells. To analyze further the nature of the effector cells operative in this system, peripheral blood lymphocytes from eight TCC patients were stimulated in vitro with TCC extract and cultured in the presence of interleukin 2 and allogeneic feeder cells. When tested for cytotoxicity in vitro on a target cell panel including both adherent and nonadherent cell lines, the lymphocytes killed a broad spectrum of targets in a major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-unrestricted fashion. When cloned by limiting dilution, clones were obtained which displayed a more restricted pattern of target cell killing. Some of the clones were highly but not exclusively selective for TCC-derived target cells. Phenotypically, these cells resembled mature T cells of CTL-type (CD8+/CD4−). They also expressed the CD3/5 T cell antigen receptor complex but target cell killing was not MHC-restricted. The results of various inhibition experiments suggested that the CD3/TCR complex was involved in the cytotoxicity exhibited by these effector cells. However, its precise role in target cell recognition and the identification of the tumor cell structures recognised by the effector cells require further studies.
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Hansson, Y., Vargas-Cortes, M., Paulie, S. et al. MHC nonrestricted cytotoxic T cell clones with selective specificity from patients with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary bladder. Cancer Immunol Immunother 27, 205–212 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00205441
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