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01.06.2008 | Meeting Report
Dendritic cell vaccination and other strategies to tip the balance of the immune system
DC2007 5th international meeting, July 16–18, Bamberg, Germany
verfasst von:
Niels Schaft, Katrin Birkholz, Christian Hofmann, Martina Schmid, Gabi Theiner, Jan Dörrie
Erschienen in:
Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy
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Ausgabe 6/2008
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The fifth international meeting on “Dendritic cell vaccination and other strategies to tip the balance of the immune system” was held in Bamberg, Germany, on July 16–18, 2007. The 3-day meeting covered: cancer vaccine strategies under clinical development using dendritic cells (DC) and other vaccination approaches, possibilities to target immune-regulatory pathways, the diverse roles of different types of immune cells, Toll-like receptor (TLR)-stimulation, and tumor–host interaction. The purpose of the meeting was not only to enforce interaction between these related fields, but also bring the different forces in research and therapy closer together. By an exclusive and deliberate selection of speakers, communication between basic and clinical researchers, and in addition of academia and industry, was facilitated to support improved trial design, more informative immunomonitoring, and patient selection in the future. The presentations, for which the authors gave their permission for publication, are summarized in this meeting report. …