What does APC stand for?

Antigen-Presenting Cell

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Samples in periodicals archive:

If the antigen-presenting cells produce the peanut protein robustly enough, the responsibility for the immune response might shift away from the IgE antibodies and mast cells.

Little by little: as food allergies proliferate, new strategies may ...

The researchers found that one TLR, known as TLR8, triggered a strong immune response in antigen-presenting cells, which are crucial for vaccine responses.

Scientists find novel way of boosting newborns' immune responses

PDS Biotechnology's Versamune(TM) nanotechnology facilitates the uptake of disease-associated protein and peptide antigens by the antigen-presenting cells of the immune system.

PDS BIOTECHNOLOGY LICENSES MERCK EPROVA'S DOTAP CHLORIDE

This CD40 antagonistic mAb is an antibody which binds to CD40 expressed on antigen-presenting cell (APC).

Kirin and Astellas Enter Into Licensing Agreement on ...

Iomai's TCI technology uses a patch applied to the skin like a bandage and worn for several hours to deliver vaccine and/or adjuvants to a group of antigen-presenting cells (called Langerhans cells) in the skin called that carry the vaccine to the nearby lymph nodes where they prompt a sustained immune response.

Iomai awarded key vaccine technology patent

The vaccine is an autologous cellular product composed of antigen-presenting cells enriched from peripheral blood mononuclear cells obtained via leukapheresis.

Prostate cancer vaccine increased overall survival

The activated T cells then kill the antigen-presenting cell through the action of perforin and granzymes, thus eliminating the aberrant cells from the body.

Loss of TAP and LMP Expression in Renal Cell Carcinomas: A Mechanism ...

But a more effective approach may be to block the recipient's antigen-presenting cells (APC), scavenger cells that actually trigger the T-lymphocyte attack.

Destroying particular immune cell may reduce GVHD in BMT patients