Cancer Treatment
Recent findings in cancer treatment described by researchers from Japan, the People's Republic of China and Sweden
Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, June 15th, 2006
Study 1: According to a study from Japan, cancer vaccine therapy improved using genetically modified dendritic cells (DCs) expressing tumor-associated antigen.
"The T-helper 1 (Th1) immune reaction is most important in DC-based immunotherapy. Interleukin 12 (IL-12) and granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) play a pivotal role in inducing Th1 and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses.
"In this study, DCs expressing the natural tumor antigen gp70 of BALB/c-derived CT26 were adenovirally transduced with...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2006-06-15)
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