AUTOLOGOUS DENDRITIC CELL MEDIATED BY PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY HAVING THE ABILITY TO SUPPRESS THE GROWTH OF TUMOR

摘要

The present invention relates to mature dendritic cells (DCs) having the enhanced ability to induce anti-tumor immune responses, and to a method for the preparation of the above-mentioned DCs through the procedure of pulsing immature DCs with lysates of cancer cells on which photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been conducted. The dendritic cell of this invention acquires an activity to induce anti-tumor immune responses so that it exerts a remarkable effect to suppress the growth of tumor.