immune system
• dendritic cells have higher levels of activation markers (MHC-II, CD80, CD86) on their surface after LPS stimulation
• less than 30% DCs in culture are pro-apoptotic after 96 hours of LPS stimulation compared to 60% of controls
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• dendritic cells are superior antigen presenters than their wild-type controls
• mice immunized with OVA are able to activate OVA-specific T cells at a higher rate than controls both in vivo and in culture
• these findings are corroborated in mixed lymphocyte cultures where allogenic T cells proliferate more and produce more IL-2 in response to mutant DCs
• tumor-antigen pulsed DCs are more effective in controlling tumors than controls
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• bone marrow derived dendritic cells secrete more IL-1beta than controls in response to LPS stimulation
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• bone marrow derived dendritic cells secrete more IL-12 than controls in response to LPS stimulation
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• bone marrow derived dendritic cells secrete more IL-6 than controls in response to LPS stimulation
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