An antigen-presenting cell vaccine, or an APC vaccine, is a vaccine made of antigens and antigen-presenting cells (APCs).
As of March 2019, the only APC vaccine approved by the American Food and Drug Administration is for prostatic acid phosphatase, a commonly over-expressed prostate cancer antigen.
References
- O'Neill, David W. (November 2010). "Dendritic cells and T cells in immunotherapy". Journal of Drugs in Dermatology: JDD. 9 (11): 1383–1392. ISSN 1545-9616. PMID 21061761.
- Marc S. Ernstoff; Igor Puzanov; Caroline Robert; Adi M. Diab; Peter M. Hersey (2019-03-15). SITC's Guide to Managing Immunotherapy Toxicity. Springer Publishing Company. pp. xviii. ISBN 978-0-8261-7215-0.
External links
- Antigen-presenting cell vaccine entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
This article incorporates public domain material from Dictionary of Cancer Terms. U.S. National Cancer Institute.
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