Title |
Engineering lentiviral vectors for modulation of dendritic cell apoptotic pathways
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Published in |
Virology Journal, July 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1743-422x-10-240 |
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Authors |
James CM Wang, Tânia C Felizardo, Bryan CY Au, Daniel H Fowler, Gregory A Dekaban, Jeffrey A Medin |
Abstract |
Dendritic cells (DCs) are promising mediators of anti-tumor immune responses due to their potent antigen-presentation capacity. Unfortunately, cancer cells can often disarm differentiated DCs by rendering them incapable of maturation or by promoting their apoptosis. DC vaccine regimens attempt to generate functional DCs and preload them with Tumor-Associated Antigens (TAAs) to target various malignancies. Despite these efforts, the efficacy of DC vaccines in clinical trials is still rather disappointing to date. In addition to undergoing cancer-induced apoptosis, it is well established that DCs are intrinsically short-lived cell types. It is likely that a significant portion of infused DCs undergo apoptosis prior to locating and activating naïve TAA-reactive T cells. |
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