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CYTOKINE & GROWTH FACTOR REVIEWS
Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages 93-107Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2007.10.003
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dendritic cells; cytokines; immune potentiators; cancer immunity; immunotherapy
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- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro Funding Source: Custom
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Dendritic cells (DCs) play a crucial role in linking innate and adaptive immunity and, thus, in the generation of a protective immune response against both infectious diseases and tumors. The ability of DCs to prime and expand an immune response is regulated by signals acting through soluble mediators, mainly cytokines and chemokines. Understanding how cytokines influence DC functions and orchestrate the interactions of DCs with other immune cells is strictly instrumental to the progress in cancer immunotherapy. Herein, we will illustrate how certain cytokines and immune stimulating molecules can induce and sustain the antitumor immune response by acting on DCs. We will also discuss these cytokine-DC interactions in the light of clinical results in cancer patients. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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