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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2014

Novel dendritic cell-based vaccination in late stage melanoma.

Erika J Schneble, Xianzhong Yu, T E Wagner, George E Peoples

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Erika J Schneblea San Antonio Military Medical Center; Department of General Surgery ; San Antonio , TX USA.
Xianzhong Yu
T E Wagner
George E Peoples

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that play an important role in stimulating an immune response of both CD4(+) T helper cells and CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). As such, DCs have been studied extensively in cancer immunotherapy for their capability to induce a specific anti-tumor response when loaded with tumor antigens. However, when the most relevant antigens of a tumor remain to be identified, alternative approaches are required. Formation of a dentritoma, a fused DC and tumor cells hybrid, is one strategy. Although initial studies of these hybrid cells are promising, several limitations interfere with its clinical and commercial application. Here we present early experience in clinical trials and an alternative approach to manufacturing this DC/tumor cell hybrid for use in the treatment of late stage and metastatic melanoma.

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Antibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell FusionDendritic CellsHumansHybrid CellsImmunotherapy, AdoptiveInterferon-alphaInterferon alpha-2Interleukin-2IpilimumabMelanomaRecombinant ProteinsT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesIL2 protein, humanInterferon-alphaInterferon alpha-2Interleukin-2IpilimumabRecombinant Proteinsadjuvantcancer vaccinedendritic cellmelanoma

Identifiers

PMID25483650
PMCPMC4514042

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