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Ex vivo induction of multiple myeloma-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
Blood - 15 Aug 2003
Hayashi Toshiaki, Hideshima Teru, Akiyama Masaharu, Raje Noopur, Richardson Paul, Chauhan Dharminder, Anderson Kenneth C
Abstract excerpt
Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable plasma cell malignancy characterized by immunosuppression. In this study, we identified factors in patients' bone marrow (BM) sera inhibiting autologous anti-MM immunity and developed an ex vivo strategy for inducing MM-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). We found that sera from BM of MM patients inhibited induction of dendritic cells (DCs), evidenced by both phenotype...
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