A Dendritic Cell Subset Targeting Approach for Defining Immune Function and Tailoring Immunotherapy

Abstract

Dendritic cells are important sentinel cells of the immune system that orchestrate our immune responses against invading pathogens. There are different types of dendritic cells and they perform different jobs. We have a series of antibodies that can recognise markers on the surface of different dendritic cells populations. We can use these antibodies as homing devices to deliver foreign material to individual dendritic cell subpopulations and thereby manipulate the type of immune response generated. Effectively, we aim to tailor immune responses to fight a particular bacteria, virus, parasite, or even cancer cells. The current proposal will extend the number of antibodies we test for their a..

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