IFN-γ and Fas Ligand Are Required for Graft-versus-Tumor Activity against Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Absence of Lethal Graft-versus-Host Disease
Ramirez-Montagut T, Chow A, Kochman A, Smith O, Suh D, Sindhi H, Lu S, Borsotti C, Grubin J, Patel N, Terwey T, Kim T, Heller G, Murphy G, Liu C, Alpdogan O, van den Brink M. IFN-γ and Fas Ligand Are Required for Graft-versus-Tumor Activity against Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Absence of Lethal Graft-versus-Host Disease. The Journal Of Immunology 2007, 179: 1669-1680. PMID: 17641033, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.3.1669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaMurine renal cell carcinomaT cellsCell carcinomaGVT activityHost diseaseRenca cellsIFN-gammaTumor activityAllogeneic bone marrow transplantation modelFas ligandAbsence of graftRecipients of IFNBone marrow transplantation modelMechanism of graftMembrane-bound TNF-alphaTumor-bearing miceLethal graftLethal GVHDSevere GVHDTNF-alphaTransplantation modelTransplanted miceLytic capacitySolid tumors