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A promising two-punch therapy for Langerhans cell histiocytosis

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments dendritic cells, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, MAPK inhibitor, PD-1 receptors, rare cancer, Research, T-cell exhaustion

A novel combination therapy resulted in a significant decrease of disease burden in an animal model of LCH.

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A novel mechanism that triggers a cellular immune response

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Cancer, cell-mediated immune response, dendritic cells, MHC Class I, MHC Class II, Research, Vaccines, viral infection

Viruses and other disease-causing microbes influence the type of immune response their hosts will develop against them. In some cases, the predominant response involves antibodies,

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Discovery of CTLA-4 in dendritic cells opens new possibilities to fight cancer

April 15, 2016 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Cancer, cancer immunity, CTLA-4, dendritic cells, Immunology, ipilimumab, tumor vaccine

By Ana María Rodríguez, Ph.D. In the battle against cancer, T cells are the ‘foot soldiers’ and dendritic cells are ‘the generals.’ Cancer cells are

From the Labs features an image of endothelial cells of the bovine pulmonary artery. Image courtesy of J. Kirk/ Baylor's Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy Core Lab.