1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Preparation of dendritic cells 3.1. Sources of dendritic cells 3.2. Dendritic cell mobilization strategies 3.3. Dendritic cell culture conditions 3.4. Methods of loading dendritic cells with tumor antigens 3.5. Dendritic cell maturation 3.6. The role of helper antigens 3.7. cryopreservation of dendritic cells 4. Administration of dendritic cell vaccines 4.1. Route...

Increases in intracellular Ca2+ concentration accompany many physiological events, including maturation of dendritic cells, professional antigen-presenting cells characterized by their ability to migrate to secondary lymphoid organs where they initiate primary immune responses. The mechanism and molecules involved in the early steps of Ca2+ release in dendritic cells have not yet been defined. ...

introduction: different microbial compounds can induece maturation of dendritic cells (dcs) into dc1 or dc2 .in the present study, we used tumor antigen pulsed dendritic cell that matured with listeria monocytogenes antigen and cholera toxin (ct) in the treatment of a murin model of cancer. material and methods: tumor cells (wehi-164 balb/c derived fibrosarsoma) were injected subcutaneously to ...

blocking antibodies are valuable tools for inhibiting the specific receptor- ligand interactions. the interaction of co-stimulatory molecules on the antigen presenting cells with their ligands on t cells is an essential step for t cell activation. in the present study, the effect of blocking antibody against cd40 on its t cell stimulatory potential is investigated. the dcs (dendritic cells) wer...

Back Cover In article number 2201087, ZhiYong Qian and co-workers show that in the hybrid delivery systems CPG@Au NRs/m-R848, immunogenic cell death (ICD) induced by Au NRs could synergistically produce an in-situ vaccination effect with CPG ODN R848. By triggering dendritic cells maturation macrophage reprogramming, this photothermal immunotherapy strategy holds great potential generating syst...

The Wharton's jelly of the umbilical cord is believed to be a source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) which can be therapeutically applied in degenerative diseases.In this study, we investigated the immunomodulatory effect of umbilical cord derived-mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs) and bone marrow-derived-mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) on differentiation, maturation, and endocytosis of monocyt...

Objective(s): Dendritic cells (DCs) play a critical role in activation of T cell responses. Induction of type1 T helper (Th1) immune response is essential to generate protective immunity against cutaneous leishmaniasis. The intrinsic tendency of liposomes to have interaction with antigen-presenting cells is the main rationale to utilize liposomes as antigen carriers. In the present study, the e...