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Dendritic cell vaccination for cancer therapy

Oncogene volume 19, pages 6673–6679 (2000)Cite this article

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Abstract

A growing list of defined tumor-antigens opens the way to antigen specific immunotherapy of cancer. However current approaches are often limited in their potential to induce an effective anti-tumor response. Dendritic cells (DC) are natural adjuvants for the induction of antigen specific T cell response. They have been successfully used in clinical pilot trials to induce tumor specific immunity as well as clinical response in selected patients. Current research focuses on optimization of DC source, choice of antigen, antigen loading, mode of injection, as well as immuno-monitoring. Finally, a variety of immune escape mechanisms are operative at the tumor site and have to be overcome for successful vaccination.

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Abbreviations

APC:

antigen presenting cell

CTL:

cytotoxic T-lymphocyte

DC:

dendritic cell

DDC:

dermal dendritic cell

DTH:

delayed-type hypersensitivity

FLT-3:

fms-like tyrosine kinase 3

FCS:

fetal calf serum

GM-CSF:

granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor

HLA:

histocompatibility leukocyte antigen

IFN:

interferon

CR:

complete response

IL:

interleukin

KLH:

keyhole limpet hemocyanin

LC:

Langerhans cell

MHC:

major histocompatibility complex

MoDC:

monocyte derived dendritic cells

MR:

mixed response

PBS:

phosphate-buffered saline

PD:

progressive disease

PR:

partial response

SD:

stable disease

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Grants from the Cancer League Zürich, the Swiss Cancer League are gratefully acknowledged. We apologize to all our colleagues whose work was not cited due to space limitations.

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  • melanoma
  • dendritic cells
  • immunotherapy
  • antigen-presenting cells
  • immunointervention

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