Method for immunomodulation by adoptive transfer of antigen-specific cytotoxic T cells

摘要

A method for the production of antigen-specific cytotoxic T-cells (CTLs) by incubating a T cell-containing cell preparation with said antigen and isolating said antigen-specific CTLs, characterized by i) activating proliferation of CTLs in the cell preparation by incubation with the antigen; ii) selectively transferring a vector into the proliferating CTLs, said vector containing a marker gene by means of which marked and non-marked cells can be separated; and iii) separating the transfected antigen-specific CTLs on the basis of said marker gene, is useful for immunomodulation.