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Bacillus Calmette-Guérin mycobacteria stimulate human blood dendritic cells.
International journal of cancer - 6 Jan 1997
Thurnher M, Ramoner R, Gastl G, Radmayr C, Böck G, Herold M, Klocker H, Bartsch G
Abstract excerpt
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) mycobacteria have been used as adjuvant in the active immunotherapy of various human cancers. In addition, dendritic cells, which are the most potent antigen-presenting cells, have been shown to be capable of initiating anti-tumor immune responses. Here we investigated the effects of BCG on dendritic cells cultured from human blood. Addition of BCG resulted in rapid homotypic...
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