A blood dendritic cell vaccine for acute myeloid leukemia expands anti-tumor T cell responses at remission.

ABSTRACT: Only modest advances in AML therapy have occurred in the past decade and relapse due to residual disease remains the major challenge. The potential of the immune system to address this is evident in the success of allogeneic transplantation, however this leads to considerable morbidity. Dendritic cell (DC) vaccination can generate leukemia-specific autologous immunity with little toxicity. Promising results have been achieved with vaccines developed in vitro from purified monocytes (Mo-DC). We now demonstrate that blood DC (BDC) have superior function to Mo-DC. Whilst BDC are reduced at diagnosis in AML, they recover following chemotherapy and allogeneic transplantation, can be purified using CMRF-56 antibody technology, and can stimulate functional T cell responses. While most AML

SUBMITTER: Hsu JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5889209 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature