OBJECTIVES Tumor burden and invasiveness establish a microenvironment that surgery could alter. This study shows a comprehensive analysis of size, dynamics, and function of peripheral lymphocyte subsets in pancreatic cancer patients before and at different times after duodenopancreatectomy. METHODS Lymphocyte frequency and natural cytotoxicity were evaluated by flow cytometry and in vitro ass...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to investigate in vitro the effect of hypo- and hyperthermia alone or in combination with irradiation on natural killer cell (NK) cytotoxicity, recovery of this function and the possibility of preventing damage to or enhancing cytotoxicity recovery using interferons (IFNs) α, β, and γ and interleukin-2 (IL-2). MATERIALS AND METHODS We used non-selec...

A considerable variabilility in the effects of sample handling on NK cytotoxicity has been observed. Using flow cytometry, NK cytotoxicity assays and lymphocyte subset analysis of Ficoll-Hypaqueseparated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) isolated from whole blood stored under various conditions were performed. The NK cytotoxicity of samples in heparin tubes stored overnight at 4 and 22...

Natural killer (NK) cells are innate effector lymphocytes that control the growth of major histocompatibility complex class I negative tumors. We show here that T lymphocytes, expanded in vitro in the presence isopentenylpyrophosphate (IPP), induce NK cell–mediated killing of tumors that are usually resistant to NK cytolysis. The induction of cytotoxicity toward these resistant tumors requires ...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of Ginseng polysaccharides (GPS) on natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity in immunosuppressed mice. Cyclophosphamide (Cy) was used to construct an immunosuppressed mouse model. The mice in each group were submitted to gavages with 200 or 400 mg/kg GPS every day for 10 days. Magnetic-activated cell sorting was used to isolate spleen NK ...

Natural killer (NK) cells are critical innate immune lymphocytes capable of destroying virally infected or cancerous cells through targeted cytotoxicity and further assisting in the immune response by releasing inflammatory cytokines. NK cells are thought to contribute to the process of tumor killing by certain therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAb) by directing antibody-dependent cellular cyt...

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are clonal stem cell disorders characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis that lead to leukemia. Disorders of the immune system serve important functions in the pathophysiology and progression of this disease. Different levels or mechanisms of natural killer (NK) cells in patients with MDS have been measured in previous studies, making it challenging to understan...

In this study we show that Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp), a critical regulator of actin cytoskeleton that belongs to the Scar/WAVE family, plays a crucial role in the control of natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity. Analysis of NK cell numbers and cytotoxic activity in patients carrying different mutations in the WASP coding gene indicated that although the percentage of NK cells was...

Abstract Natural Killer (NK) cell-mediated cytotoxicity is a critical mechanism of the immune system to respond against harmful stimuli. The development emerging cell therapies, such as CAR-NK cells, requires deeper characterization cultured NK cells. Here we show phenotyping ex vivo and in vitro demonstrate how high quality reliable reagents from BioLegend ensure more depth cytotoxic analysis....

OBJECTIVE To investigate VIP effect on the cytotoxicity of NK cell to gastric cancer cells in vitro and the relation between the effect with the NKG2D signal molecules in NK cells. MATERIAL AND METHODS NK cells were purified from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Before and after NK cells were incubated with VIP or its antagonist (D-p-Cl-Phe6,Leu17)-VIP, we detected the cytotoxicity ...