Abstract
Recently it has been reported that immunization with heat-killed tumor cells (HK vaccine) induces anti-tumor immune responses in mice. To investigate how HK vaccine elicits anti-tumor specific adaptive immunity, we examined the effect of HK vaccination on innate immune cells such as dendritic cells (DCs), which are essential for the generation of adaptive immunity. Upon stimulation with HK vaccine, DCs matured to promote not only the up-regulation of co-stimulatory molecules but also secretion of cytokine IL12. Furthermore, HK vaccine-treated DCs migrated more efficiently to draining lymph nodes compared with untreated ones. Taken together, HK vaccine can be useful as an adjuvant to activate DCs for anti-tumor immune responses.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 215-223 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Animal Cells and Systems |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 Jun |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by a grant from the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family affairs, Republic of Korea (#0820270).
Keywords
- dendritic cells
- heat-killed tumor cells
- interleukin 12
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Animal Science and Zoology
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)