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There are dendritic cell vaccines, such as DC Vax, that stimulate the immune system to attack cancer cells.
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Ourbrainbank, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN): Formerly called natural killer cell leukemia/lymphoma, per the LLS, BPDCN is a rare combination of leukemia and lymphoma.
—Barbara Brody, Health.com, 30 Sep. 2021
At the age of 12, she was diagnosed with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) and had to be in isolation for 100 days in her hospital room to receive a stem cell transplant.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2020
The human dermis is awash with dendritic cells that act like scouts, moving around the skin and searching for foreign pathogens.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2020
Ongoing projects include a clinical trial to infuse regulatory dendritic cells in liver transplant patients prior to surgery, with the hope of putting an end to toxic immunosuppression regimens.
—Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2020
Pegtel and colleagues started with two types of immune cells; B cells, a type of white blood cell, infected with the virus, and dendritic cells, which sense viral invaders and alert other immune cells.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2013
The dendritic cells were genetically engineered to glow until microRNAs that the virus had forced the B cells to produce traveled across the barrier and quieted the glowing genes.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2013
Analyzing patterns of gene expression in individual human immune system cells, the researchers refined the definitions of the types known as dendritic cells and monocytes and identified a novel type that had been overlooked.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2017
Ourbrainbank, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN): Formerly called natural killer cell leukemia/lymphoma, per the LLS, BPDCN is a rare combination of leukemia and lymphoma.
—Barbara Brody, Health.com, 30 Sep. 2021
At the age of 12, she was diagnosed with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) and had to be in isolation for 100 days in her hospital room to receive a stem cell transplant.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2020
The human dermis is awash with dendritic cells that act like scouts, moving around the skin and searching for foreign pathogens.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2020
Ongoing projects include a clinical trial to infuse regulatory dendritic cells in liver transplant patients prior to surgery, with the hope of putting an end to toxic immunosuppression regimens.
—Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2020
Pegtel and colleagues started with two types of immune cells; B cells, a type of white blood cell, infected with the virus, and dendritic cells, which sense viral invaders and alert other immune cells.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2013
The dendritic cells were genetically engineered to glow until microRNAs that the virus had forced the B cells to produce traveled across the barrier and quieted the glowing genes.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2013
Analyzing patterns of gene expression in individual human immune system cells, the researchers refined the definitions of the types known as dendritic cells and monocytes and identified a novel type that had been overlooked.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2017
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dendritic cell
noun
: any of various antigen-presenting cells with long irregular processes
Dendritic cells play a key role in activating an immune response—whether against a foreign microbe or a damaged body cell …—Patrick Barry, Science News
Patrick Barry, Science NewsDendritic cells' key role in priming the immune system gives them formidable potential as therapeutic vaccines for fighting cancers and viruses such as HIV.—Scientific American
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