Augmentation of antitumor effects by fibroblast-mediated IL-2 and IL-3 gene therapy in mice treated with chemotherapy and BMT

Effects of fibroblast-mediated IL-2 and IL-3 genetherapy on recovery of bone marrow depression in tumor-bearing mice treated with cyclophosphamide (300 mg/kg) and syngeneic BMT were investigated in the presentreport. BALB/c mice were inoculated with J558Lplasmacytoma cells s. c. and 3 days later IL-2 secretingNIH3T3-IL-2, IL-3 secreting NIH3T3-IL-3 fibroblastcells were implanted into the tumor-bearing mice