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Effect of ex vivo culture duration on phenotype and cytokine production by mature dendritic cells derived from peripheral blood monocytes.
Transfusion - 1 Mar 2009
Tawab Abdul, Fan Yong, Read Elizabeth J, Kurlander Roger J
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BACKGROUND: To generate clinical-grade dendritic cells (DCs) ex vivo for immunotherapy trials, peripheral blood monocytes are typically cultured in granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin (IL)-4 and then matured using one or more agents. Duration of the initial DC culture is one important variable that has not been systematically evaluated for its effect on the characteristics of...
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