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Dendritic cells are defective in breast cancer patients: a potential role for polyamine in this immunodeficiency.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2005
Gervais Alban, Levêque Jean, Bouet-Toussaint Françoise, Burtin Florence, Lesimple Thierry, Sulpice Laurent, Patard Jean-Jacques, Genetet Noelle, Catros-Quemener Véronique
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INTRODUCTION: Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells that are currently employed in cancer clinical trials. However, it is not clear whether their ability to induce tumour-specific immune responses when they are isolated from cancer patients is reduced relative to their ability in vivo. We determined the phenotype and functional activity of DCs from cancer patients and investigated the effect of...
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