Will it be too artificial to measure T cell activity in tumor through stimulating T cell with PMA in vitro?

24 August 2023 0 10K Report

As we all know, stimulating T cell with PMA in vitro can effectively activate T cell unspecificly. If we want to measure T cell activity in tumor, will stimulating in vitro make it too artificial?

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