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Numerical defect of circulating dendritic cell subsets and defective dendritic cell generation from monocytes of patients with advanced melanoma.
Cancer letters - 1 Sept 2013
Failli Alessandra, Legitimo Annalisa, Orsini Giulia, Romanini Antonella, Consolini Rita
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The behaviour of circulating dendritic cells (DCs) and DC generation from monocytes in melanoma patients during the progression of disease have not been described. We report a significant decrease in the absolute number of total DCs, which mainly affects plasmacytoid DCs in stage IV. Additionally, monocyte-DC generation is less efficient in advanced stages, resulting in DCs that exhibit increased phagocytic...
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