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Abstract
Adoptive immunotherapy is dependent upon the leukocytic subsets isolated as tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) prior to in vitro expansion with interleukin-2. to favorably influence T-cell subset representation in TIL the efficacy of bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) and cyclophosphamide (CTX) priming was evaluated in rats bearing Dunning R3327–AT prostatic tumors. When assessed by immunohistocheaistry, both agents significantly (p < 0.001) increased helper-T representation and decreased that by suppressor-T cells. As a result helper/suppressor (H/S) T cell ratios of TIL from untreated tumors (0.73±0.11) were significantly (p < 0.001) elevated by both BCG (1.93±0.39) and CTX (1.40±0.25). Immunopriming might enhance adoptive imnunotherapy by increasing the H/S ratio of TIL prior to their culture.