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. 2013 Nov 18;35(1):38–46. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2013.10.007

Table 1.

Human killer monocytes and MoDCsc

Cell type Stimulation Target E:T ratio Killing mechanism Refs
Monocytes
Monocytes HIV-1 T cells 1:1 Contact dependent [38]
Monocytes IFNα, IFNγ OVCAR3 (ovarian cancer)
WM793 (melanoma)
MDA231 (breast cancer)
Colo205 (colon cancer)
PC-3 (prostate cancer)
H2126 (lung cancer)
50:1 TRAIL [12]
Monocytes IFNγ HSC3 (oral squamous cell carcinoma) 50:1 TWEAK
TRAIL
[15]
Monocytes LPS K562 (leukemia) 10:1 No involvement of Fas-L, TNF-α or TGF-β [14]
Monocytes IFNα K562
PC-3
Jurkat (T cell leukemia)
? TRAILa [13]
CD16+ slan DCs Unstimulated Colo205
SkBr3
40:1 ADCC by 17-1A (colo205) or by herceptin (SkBr3)
Effector molecule: TNF-α
[17]
CD16+ slan DCs
M-DC8+
IFN-γ Capan 1 (pancreatic cancer)
MCF-7
Colo205
HT-29 (colon cancer)
40:1 ND [16]
CD16+ slan DCs (CHC) IMQ or resiquimod Capan-1
HT-29
40:1 ND [77]
MoDCs
MoDCs
(measles)
Measles T cells (autologous) 1:1 TNF family member (postulated) [19]
MoDCs LPS Jurkat
Molt (T cell leukemia)
K562
THP-1 (monocytic cancer)
U937 (lymphoma)
1:1 Contact dependent [78]
MoDCs Measles virus MDA231 50:1 TRAIL [18]
MoDCs Immature OVA.1 (ovarian cancer)
SW626 (ovarian cancer)
40:1 FAS-L [31]
MoDCs Immature SiHA, Caski (HPV+ cervical cancer) 8:1 Contact-dependent
no involvement of TRAIL or FAS-L
[79]
MoDCs
CD14+, CD34+
IFNβ HL60 (leukemia) 20:1 TRAILa [25]
MoDCs dsRNA →
CD40L →
MDA231
MDA231
50:1
50:1
TRAILa
TNF-α
[24]
MoDCs CMV CMV-reactive T cells 1:53 FAS-L, TRAIL [20]
MoDCs Immature Jurkat
Molt
MCF-7 (breast cancer)
U87 (glioblastoma)
HCT-5 (colorectal cancer)
A498 (renal cancer)
786.O (renal cancer)
Caki.2 (renal cancer)
10:1 Caspase 8 (FADD independent) [33]
MoDCs CD40L PCI-13 SSCHN
(head and neck cancer)
1:1 TNF-α, LT-α, LT-β, FAS-L, TRAILa [29]
MoDCs CD40L, LPS MCF-7
MDA-MB-468 (breast cancer)
SK-BR-3 (breast cancer)
? TNF-αa
Contact independent
[30]
MoDCs HIV-1
IFNα
MDA231
CD4+ T cell line HIV-H9
CD4+ T cells (HIV-1 viremic patients)
? TRAILa, FAS-La, TNF-αa
TWEAKa
[21]
MoDCs HIV-1 (nef) CD8+ T cells ? sTNF-α
FAS-L
[22]
MoDCs Immature Jurkat 10:1 Caspase 8/Bcl-2 (FADD independent) [35]
Cordblood
MoDCs
IFNγ →
LPS →
HL60, Jurkat
Daudi, Jurkat
20:1 ND [80]
MoDCs IFNα K562 20:1 ND [81]
MoDCs HIV-1 (Vpr) + LPS Allogeneic CD8+ T cells 1:20 sTNF-α [23]
MoDCs U251 (glioma)
Jurkat
20:1 Contact dependent
FADD and caspase-8 dependent
[34]
MoDCs IFNα K562 50:1 TRAILa [26]
MoDCs OK432 T2
K562
EJ
253J
10:1 Contact dependent (CD40–CD40L [82]
MoDCs Immature (CD123+) U937
Jurkat
HL-60
40:1 TRAIL [83]
MoDCs CD40L OSC-70
(oral squamous cell carcinoma)
1:8 TRAILa
IFN-γ
[28]
MoDCs
(PB and CB)
SARS coronavirus ND ND TRAIL [84]
MoDCs LPS SkBr3 (Her2-neu+ breast cancer) 100:1 ADCC by trastuzumab [85]
MoDCs LPS MCF7 (breast)
HeLa (cervix)
HT29, HCT116, SW480 (colorectal)
no killing of T lymphocytes
5:1 peroxynitrites [86]
MoDCs
(TBC)
IFNα, LPS CD4+ T cells
CD8+ T cells
10:1 PD-L1 [37]
MoDCs IFNγ, LPS T47D (breast cancer) ND ND [87]
MoDCs IL-15 K562 50:1 Granzyme B, TRAILa [27]
MoDCs
(CHC patients)b
LPS Allogeneic healthy CD4+ T cells
Autologous CD4+ T cells
4:1 FAS-L, PD-L2,
Contact dependent
[32]
MoDCs γ-irradiated HT-29 HT-29 (colon cancer) 20:1 Perforin/granzyme B [36]
a

Partially dependent, other mechanisms (shown when possible) may be involved.

b

Chronic hepatitis C patients.

c

Abbreviations: ADCC, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity; CB, cord blood; E: T ratio, effector cell to target cell ratio; FADD, FAS-associated protein with death domain; HPV, human papillomavirus; ND, not determined; PB, peripheral blood; TGF, transforming growth factor.