Article
Dendritic cells pulsed with a tumor-specific peptide induce long-lasting immunity and are effective against murine intracerebral melanoma.
Neurosurgery - 1 Jan 2002
Heimberger Amy B, Archer Gary E, Crotty Laura E, McLendon Roger E, Friedman Allan H, Friedman Henry S, Bigner Darell D, Sampson John H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Dendritic cells (DCs) are specialized cells of the immune system that are capable of generating potent immune responses that are active even within the "immunologically privileged" central nervous system. However, immune responses generated by DCs have also been demonstrated to produce clinically significant autoimmunity. Targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor variant III (EGFRvIII), which is a...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
