Abstract

The separation of viable tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) from surgical biopsies of human solid tumors was achieved by velocity sedimentation at unit gravity or by discontinuous density gradients. The two methods were adapted to small volumes and cell numbers not exceeding 1 × 10 8. The recovery, purity and composition of the TIL-enriched fractions were comparable in the two methods. Density gradients were more rapid, simpler and more practical for preparation under sterile conditions of TIL from clinical material than velocity sedimentation. Lymphocytes in the TIL-enriched fractions obtained by either of the methods were poorly responsive to mitogens. This poor responsiveness is a characteristic of the human TIL and seems to be related to effects exerted by tumor cells.

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