A novel and simple method for the generation of functional human dendritic cells from unfractionated peripheral blood mononuclear cells within 2 days: its application for induction of HIV-1-reactive CD4+ T cells in the hu-PBL SCID mice

Because dendritic cells (DCs) play a critical role in the regulation of adaptive immune responses, they have been ideal candidates for cell-based immunotherapy of cancers and infections in humans. Generally, monocyte-derived DCs (MDDCs) were generated from purified monocytes by multiple steps of tim...

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Main Authors: Akira eKodama, Reiko eTanaka, Mineki eSaito, Aftab A Ansari, Yuetsu eTanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00292/full