A full scale comparative study of methods for generation of functional Dendritic cells for use as cancer vaccines

<p/> <p>Background</p> <p>Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells with the ability to induce primary T-cell responses and are commonly produced by culturing monocytes in the presence of IL-4 and GM-CSF for 5–7 days (Standard DC). Recently, Dauer and co...

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Main Authors: Kvalheim Gunnar, Sæbøe-Larssen Stein, Hammerstad Hege, Jarnjak-Jankovic Silvija, Gaudernack Gustav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-07-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/7/119