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Dendritic cells combined with tumor cells and α-galactosylceramide induce a potent, therapeutic and NK-cell dependent antitumor immunity in B cell lymphoma

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Translational Medicine, May 2017
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Title
Dendritic cells combined with tumor cells and α-galactosylceramide induce a potent, therapeutic and NK-cell dependent antitumor immunity in B cell lymphoma
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Journal of Translational Medicine, May 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12967-017-1219-3
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Laura Escribà-Garcia, Carmen Alvarez-Fernández, Marta Tellez-Gabriel, Jorge Sierra, Javier Briones

Abstract

Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a small population of lymphocytes with unique specificity for glycolipid antigens presented by non-polymorphic CD1d receptor on dendritic cells (DCs). iNKT cells play a central role in tumor immunology since they are implicated in the coordination of innate and adaptive immune responses. These cells can be activated with the prototypic lipid α-galactosylceramide (α-GalCer), stimulating interferon gamma (IFN-γ) production and cytokine secretion, which contribute to the enhancement of T cell activation. We evaluated the antitumor effect of a combination of dendritic cells (DCs) and tumor cells with the iNKT cell agonist α-GalCer in a therapeutic model of B cell lymphoma. iNKT, NK and T cell phenotype was determined by flow cytometry. Serum cytokines were analyzed by Luminex technology. Significant differences between survival curves were assessed by the log-rank test. For all other data, Mann-Whitney test was used to analyze the differences between groups. This vaccine induced a potent (100% survival), long-lasting and tumor-specific antitumor immune response, that was associated with an increase of both Th1 cytokines and IFN-γ secreting iNKT cells (4.59 ± 0.41% vs. 0.92 ± 0.12% in control group; p = 0.01) and T cells (CD4 IFN-γ(+): 3.75 ± 0.59% vs. 0.66 ± 0.18% p = 0.02; CD8 IFN-γ(+): 10.61 ± 0.84% vs. 0.47 ± 0.03% p = 0.002). Importantly, natural killer (NK) cells played a critical role in the antitumor effect observed after vaccination. This study provides clinically relevant data for the development of iNKT-cell based immunotherapy treatments for patients with B cell malignancies.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 1 4%
Unknown 27 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 25%
Student > Bachelor 4 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 14%
Student > Master 4 14%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 7%
Other 3 11%
Unknown 4 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Immunology and Microbiology 7 25%
Chemistry 5 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 11%
Psychology 1 4%
Other 3 11%
Unknown 5 18%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 March 2018.
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#7,019,588
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Outputs from Journal of Translational Medicine
#1,097
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#111,006
of 313,455 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Translational Medicine
#25
of 80 outputs
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