Figure 5. Cytotoxic activity of nano-aAPC expanded CD8+ T-cells against melanoma cell lines.
(A) Specific lysis of CD8+ T-cells were analyzed. CD8+ T-cells were co-cultured with melanoma cell lines SK-MEL-28 (HLA-A*0201−, MART-1+), A375 (HLA-A*0201+, MART-1−), MeWo (HLA-A*0201+, MART-1+), Malme-3M (HLA-A*0201+, MART-1+) at various ET ratios. Significance was assessed by Student’s two-tailed t test at ET=10. (B) Specific lysis of nano-aAPC expanded CD8+ T-cells against MeWo at ET=10 comparing with unexpanded CD8+ T-cells from 5 melanoma patients. Error bars indicate mean ± SD. Significance was assessed by Student’s two-tailed paired t test.