The ability of human recombinant interleukin-6 (IL-6) to regulate the induction and cytotoxic function of lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells from human fetal spleen was studied. The results showed that IL-6 alone...The ability of human recombinant interleukin-6 (IL-6) to regulate the induction and cytotoxic function of lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells from human fetal spleen was studied. The results showed that IL-6 alone was unably to Induce fetal splenic mononuclear cells (FSMC) to develop functional LAK cells, nor was it able to affect the number of IL-2-induced LAK cells and to alter the lytic activity of LAK cells against tumor cells in effector phase. However, when IL-6 was used in combination with IL-2 during the induction phase , the resulting LAK cells displayed considerably greater lytic, activity than that with IL-2 alone (P<0. 01), and this effect was IL-6 dose-dependent. The possible machanism of the synergistic effect of IL-2 and IL-6 in LAK cell Induction from human fetal spleen is discussed.展开更多
文摘The ability of human recombinant interleukin-6 (IL-6) to regulate the induction and cytotoxic function of lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells from human fetal spleen was studied. The results showed that IL-6 alone was unably to Induce fetal splenic mononuclear cells (FSMC) to develop functional LAK cells, nor was it able to affect the number of IL-2-induced LAK cells and to alter the lytic activity of LAK cells against tumor cells in effector phase. However, when IL-6 was used in combination with IL-2 during the induction phase , the resulting LAK cells displayed considerably greater lytic, activity than that with IL-2 alone (P<0. 01), and this effect was IL-6 dose-dependent. The possible machanism of the synergistic effect of IL-2 and IL-6 in LAK cell Induction from human fetal spleen is discussed.
