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Idiotype vaccination of multiple myeloma patients using monocyte-derived dendritic cells.
Haematologica - 1 Oct 2003
Reichardt Volker L, Milazzo Caterina, Brugger Wolfram, Einsele Hermann, Kanz Lothar, Brossart Peter
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Dendritic cells (DC) pulsed with multiple myeloma (MM) patient-specific idiotype (Id) protein can induce MM-specific T-cell responses. DESIGN AND METHODS: We established serum-free culture conditions to generate monocyte-derived DC for clinical use to circumvent anti-xenogenic immune responses with repetitive vaccinations. In a clinical phase I trial twelve patients responsive to high...
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