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Apoptic renal carcinoma cells are better inducers of cross-presenting activity than their primary necrotic counterpart.
International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology - 1 Jan 2000
D' Hooghe E, Buttiglieri S, Bisignano G, Brusa D, Camussi G, Matera L
Abstract excerpt
Vaccination with tumor-loaded dendritic cells (DC) is a promising treatment strategy for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Cells undergoing cell death proved useful as a source of tumor antigen for DC loading. Both apoptotic and necrotic tumor cells have been shown to efficiently load RCC-tumor antigens on DC. However, no direct comparison of these two kinds of death has been attempted in the same RCC. We...
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