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Extracorporeal Photochemotherapy Drives Monocyte-to-Dendritic Cell Maturation to Induce Anti-Cancer Immunity
Ventura A, Vassall A, Robinson E, Filler R, Hanlon D, Meeth K, Ezaldein H, Girardi M, Sobolev O, Bosenberg MW, Edelson RL. Extracorporeal Photochemotherapy Drives Monocyte-to-Dendritic Cell Maturation to Induce Anti-Cancer Immunity. Cancer Research 2018, 78: canres.0171.2018. PMID: 29764863, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-0171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cellsT cell antitumor immunityTumor-specific T cellsTumor cellsEffective immunotherapeutic agentFavorable safety profileResponder T cellsDendritic cell differentiationTumor-challenged miceImmunogenic cell deathSelective antitumor effectApoptotic tumor cellsPotential therapeutic applicabilityProcessing/presentationAntimelanoma immunityHealthy DCsImmunogenic malignanciesAntitumor immunityCellular vaccinesImmunotherapeutic effectsAdditional malignanciesImmunotherapeutic agentsSafety profileCancer immunotherapyTumor antigens
2019
Rapid Production of Physiologic Dendritic Cells (phDC) for Immunotherapy
Hanlon D, Sobolev O, Han P, Ventura A, Vassall A, Kibbi N, Yurter A, Robinson E, Filler R, Tatsuno K, Edelson RL. Rapid Production of Physiologic Dendritic Cells (phDC) for Immunotherapy. Methods In Molecular Biology 2019, 2097: 173-195. PMID: 31776926, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0203-4_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsAntigen-presenting cellsDendritic cellsTumor-associated antigensBlood monocytesDC populationsExtracorporeal photochemotherapyCytokine-derived DCsSource of DCDendritic antigen-presenting cellsHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsFunctional antigen-presenting cellsVivo T cell stimulationBlood mononuclear cellsMurine bone marrow precursorsApoptotic tumor cellsT cell stimulationBone marrow precursorsCancer immunotherapyDC differentiationMononuclear cellsIL-4Clinical vaccinationMonocyte activationSupraphysiologic concentrations