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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is a chronic leukemia manifested by increased numbers of B cells in circulation. The slow, smouldering nature of the disease in a significant proportion of the cases makes it an ideal target for immunotherapy. Dendritic cell (DC)-based immunotherapy is emerging as an exciting modality with significant clinical potential. In this study, three strategies for delivering antigens to DC, namely apoptotic bodies (Apo-DC), tumor lysates, and tumor RNA were studied in an autologous setting. In all six CLL patients, Apo-DC induced higher HLA-restricted, T cell responses than DC pulsed with tumor lysate or RNA. Real-time PCR confirmed higher expression of genes for IL-2 and IFN-gamma in T cells stimulated with Apo-DC. Concurrently, no IL-10 and low IL-4 responses indicated that the immune response was primarily of the Th1 type. Enzyme-linked immunospot assay revealed high IFN-gamma secretion by T cells when Apo-DC was used to stimulate autologous T cells in all patients. Our data suggest that cellular vaccines with DC loaded with apoptotic bodies may be a suitable approach for immunotherapy of B-CLL.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0887-6924
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1810-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Cell Extracts, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Immunotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Interleukin-10, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Interleukin-4, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:15385926-Th1 Cells
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Apoptotic tumor cells are superior to tumor cell lysate, and tumor cell RNA in induction of autologous T cell response in B-CLL.
pubmed:affiliation
Immune and Gene Therapy Lab., CCK, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't