Abstract

Exploitation of the patient’s own immune system to induce antitumor immune responses using dendritic cell (DC) immunotherapy has been established in early clinical trials as a safe and promising therapeutic approach for cancer. However, their limited success in larger clinical trials highlights the need to optimize DC vaccine preparations. This chapter describes the methodologies utilized for the preparation of the DC vaccine most commonly used in clinical trials. Optional variations at different stages in DC vaccine preparation, based on the nature of antigen, delivery of antigen, maturation stimuli, and mode of administration for DC vaccines, are also presented for consideration as these are often dependent on the disease setting, desired immune response, and/or resources available.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages763-777
Number of pages15
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2016

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume1403
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

Keywords

  • Dendritic cell
  • Immune response
  • Immunotherapy
  • Tumor
  • Vaccine

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