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ArticleIranian journal of medical sciences2017

Combined Extract of Heated 4T1 and a Heat-Killed Preparation of

Sajjad Jafari, Seyyed Meysam Abtahi Froushani, Amir Tokmachi

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Article in Iranian journal of medical sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Sajjad JafariDivision of Immunology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
Seyyed Meysam Abtahi FroushaniDivision of Immunology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
Amir TokmachiDivision of Immunology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe adjuvanticity potential of

methodsFemale BALB/c mice (6-8 weeks old, n=40) were challenged subcutaneously in the right flanks with 4T1 cells. When all the animals developed a palpable tumor, they were allocated to 4 equal groups and immunotherapy was initiated. The tumor-bearing mice in the experimental groups received the extract of heated 4T1 or heated

resultsThe animals receiving the combined treatment significantly showed more favorable survival curves and slower rates of tumor development than the tumor-bearing mice receiving only the heated 4T1 and/or the negative control mice. The combined immunization significantly amplified the production of nitric oxide and the cytotoxicity of natural killer cells in the spleen cell culture of the tumor-bearing mice. Moreover, the combined immunotherapy significantly increased the secretion of IFN-γ and conversely diminished the secretion of IL-4 and TGF-β in the splenocyte population compared to the splenocytes from the other groups.

conclusionThe combined immunotherapy with heated 4T1 cells and heated

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4T1 cell lineBreast neoplasmsImmunotherapyLactobacillus casei

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PMID29234178
PMCPMC5722963

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