Table 1.

Freshly isolated rat peritoneal and alveolar macrophages kill mM-CSF-transfected T9-C2 cells but not T9 or T9-H1 (sM-CSF)-transfected cells

Macrophage:T9 ratioSpecific release, %, ± SD
T9 parental cellssM-CSF T9-H1 clonemM-CSF T9-C2
Peritoneal macrophages    
 10:1 10  ±  0 Not tested 32  ±  0* 
 5:1 6  ±  0 Not tested 22  ±  1* 
 2.5:1 5  ±  0 Not tested 18  ±  0* 
Alveolar macrophages    
 10:1 8  ±  1 2  ±  1 23  ±  5* 
 5:1 5  ±  0 1  ±  2 21  ±  6* 
 2.5:1 4  ±  2 0  ±  1 16  ±  0* 
Macrophage:T9 ratioSpecific release, %, ± SD
T9 parental cellssM-CSF T9-H1 clonemM-CSF T9-C2
Peritoneal macrophages    
 10:1 10  ±  0 Not tested 32  ±  0* 
 5:1 6  ±  0 Not tested 22  ±  1* 
 2.5:1 5  ±  0 Not tested 18  ±  0* 
Alveolar macrophages    
 10:1 8  ±  1 2  ±  1 23  ±  5* 
 5:1 5  ±  0 1  ±  2 21  ±  6* 
 2.5:1 4  ±  2 0  ±  1 16  ±  0* 

Freshly isolated rat macrophages were added to the T9, T9-H1, and T9-C2 target cells and the assay was harvested after 24 hours.

*

These values were significantly different (P< .05) from the results of the T9 tumor cell killing.

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