Abstract
The rationale for fusing dendritic cells (DCs) with whole tumor cells to generate anticancer vaccines resides in the fact that the former operate as potent antigen-presenting cells, whereas the latter express a constellation of tumorassociated antigens (TAA s). Although the administration of DC/malignant cell fusions to cancer patients is safe and this immunotherapeutic intervention triggers efficient tumorspecific T-cell responses in vitro, a limited number of objective clinical responses to DC/cancer cell fusions has been reported thus far. This review discusses novel approaches to improve the immunogenicity of DC/malignant cell fusions as anticancer vaccines.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e25994 |
Journal | OncoImmunology |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cytotoxic T lymphocyte
- Dendritic cell
- Fusion
- Immunogenicity
- Whole tumor cell