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Transfection of dendritic cells (DCs) with the CIITA gene: increase in immunostimulatory activity of DCs
Dendritic cells (DCs) are the major antigen-presenting cells. They are able to present tumor antigens to immunologic effector cells. MHC class II molecules on DC surfaces play an important role in priming effe...
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Open AccessPhase I clinical study applying autologous immunological effector cells transfected with the interleukin-2 gene in patients with metastatic renal cancer, colorectal cancer and lymphoma
Natural killer-like T lymphocytes termed cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells have been shown to eradicate established tumours in a severe combined immune deficient (SCID) mouse/human lymphoma model. Recently, ...
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Vaccination with IL-7 gene-modified autologous melanoma cells can enhance the anti-melanoma lytic activity in peripheral blood of patients with a good clinical performance status: a clinical phase I study
Recently, cytokine gene transfer into tumour cells has been shown to mediate tumour regression in animal models via immunomodulation. Consequently, a number of clinical protocols have been developed to treat c...
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Vaccination with IL-12 gene-modified autologous melanoma cells: preclinical results and a first clinical phase I study
Cytokine gene transfer into tumor cells has been shown to mediate tumor regression and antimetastatic effects in several animal models via immunomodulation. Therefore, clinical protocols have been developed to...
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Increase of proliferation rate and enhancement of antitumor cytotoxicity of expanded human CD3+CD56+ immunologic effector cells by receptor-mediated transfection with the interleukin-7 gene
Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells have been shown to eradicate established tumors in a SCID mouse–human lymphoma model. CIK cells depend on exogenous addition of cytokines such as interleukin-2 (IL-2), inter...
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Gluconeogenic-glycolytic capacities and metabolic zonation in liver of rats with streptozotocin, non-ketotic as compared to alloxan, ketotic diabetes
Activities (μmol x min−1 x g liver) and zonal distributions of key enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism were studied in livers of streptozotocin-diabetic rats and compared to the values in alloxan-diabetes.