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ONCOLOGY
Volume 70, Issue 4, Pages 245-254Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000096288
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irradiation; Flt3L; dendritic cells; immune response; vaccination
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Flt3 ligand ( Flt3L) therapy that expands dendritic cells in vivo in combination with local tumor radiotherapy ( RT) significantly improved survival and induced a long- term tumorspecific immune response in a murine model of Lewis lung carcinoma ( 3LL). The irradiated tumor cells were able to significantly restimulate the splenocytes of the RT + Flt3L cohort in vitro. The restimulated splenocytes demonstrated increased cytotoxic response, lymphocytic proliferation and elevated levels of Th type I cytokines ( IL- 2, IL- 12, IFN- gamma and TNF- alpha). The combination therapy of RT + Flt3L induced a long- term protective immunity in the disease- free animals. The protective effect was further enhanced when the diseasefree animals were vaccinated with irradiated tumor cells. The vaccinated animals had significantly greater protection compared to the nonvaccinated group against subsequent challenge with 3LL cells. Taken together, these results indicate that the release of tumor antigens by irradiated dying tumors and concomitant administration of Flt3L was able to facilitate the generation of a tumor- specific longterm immune response against a poorly immunogenic tumor. This effect was further boosted by vaccination with irradiated tumor cells. Copyright (c) 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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