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CELL REPORTS
卷 4, 期 3, 页码 566-577出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.07.011
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- University of Oslo
- Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet
- South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Norwegian Cancer Society
- Odd Fellow Norway
- Unifor, University of Oslo
There is increasing interest in the chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) microenvironment and the mechanisms that may promote CLL cell survival and proliferation. A role for T helper (Th) cells has been suggested, but current evidence is only circumstantial. Here we show that CLL patients had memory Th cells that were specific for endogenous CLL antigens. These Th cells activated autologous CLL cell proliferation in vitro and in human -> mouse xenograft experiments. Moreover, CLL cells were efficient antigen-presenting cells that could endocytose and process complex proteins through antigen uptake pathways, including the B cell receptor. Activation of CLL cells by Th cells was contact and CD40L dependent. The results suggest that CLL is driven by ongoing immune responses related to Th cell-CLL cell interaction. We propose that Th cells support malignant B cells and that they could be targeted in the treatment of CLL.
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