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Antigen-presenting cell vaccine

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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.[1][2]

References

  1. 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. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21061761. 
  2. MD, Marc S. Ernstoff; FACP, Igor Puzanov, MD, MSCI; PhD, Caroline Robert, MD; MD, Adi M. Diab; PhD, Peter M. Hersey, MD (2019-03-15) (in en). SITC's Guide to Managing Immunotherapy Toxicity. Springer Publishing Company. pp. xviii. ISBN 978-0-8261-7215-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0dvDwAAQBAJ. 

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the U.S. National Cancer Institute document "Dictionary of Cancer Terms".





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