PMID- 24619674 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141114 LR - 20140312 IS - 1940-6029 (Electronic) IS - 1064-3745 (Linking) VI - 1139 DP - 2014 TI - Dendritic cells transfected with adenoviral vectors as vaccines. PG - 97-118 LID - 10.1007/978-1-4939-0345-0_10 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are critical to the initiation of a T-cell response. They constitute the most potent antigen-presenting cell (APC) endowed with the unique capacity to stimulate an antigen-specific T-cell responses by naive T cells. Adenoviruses (Ad) have high transduction efficiency for many cell types including cells of hematopoietic origin independent of their mitotic status, and replication-defective Ad have demonstrated a safety profile clinically. Further, Ad vectors provide a high level of transgene expression, and Ad-transduced DCs can effectively present antigenic proteins. In this chapter, we outline a functionally closed, good manufacturing protocol for the differentiation of monocytes into DCs and transduction by Ad vectors. Basic functional and phenotypic release assays are provided, as well as contrasting research approaches for Ad-transduced DC-based vaccines. FAU - Senesac, Joseph AU - Senesac J AD - Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Gabrilovich, Dmitry AU - Gabrilovich D FAU - Pirruccello, Samuel AU - Pirruccello S FAU - Talmadge, James E AU - Talmadge JE LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Methods Mol Biol JT - Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) JID - 9214969 RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) SB - IM MH - Adenoviridae/*genetics MH - Blood Component Removal MH - Cancer Vaccines/*genetics MH - Cell Adhesion MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Cell Separation MH - Cryopreservation MH - Dendritic Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - Genetic Vectors/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Monocytes/cytology MH - Phenotype MH - Transduction, Genetic MH - Transfection/*methods EDAT- 2014/03/13 06:00 MHDA- 2014/11/15 06:00 CRDT- 2014/03/13 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/03/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/11/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/978-1-4939-0345-0_10 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Methods Mol Biol. 2014;1139:97-118. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0345-0_10.