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Mechanism of dichotomy between CD8+ responses elicited by apoptotic and necrotic cells.
Cancer immunity - 1 Jan 2013
Buckwalter Matthew R, Srivastava Pramod K
Abstract excerpt
Apoptotic cells are significantly more immunogenic than necrotic cells, even though both forms are identical in antigenic content. When a combination of apoptotic and necrotic cells are used to immunize, the phenotype conferred by apoptotic cells, i.e., high immunogenicity, is dominant. However, necrotic cells are not immunosuppressive or tolerogenic. Apoptotic and necrotic cells are taken up by...
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