Activation of dendritic cells by tumor cell death

Oncoimmunology. 2012 Oct 1;1(7):1218-1219. doi: 10.4161/onci.20428.

Abstract

A growing number of studies indicate that cell death can be either immunogenic or not, depending on its modalities, the type and the activation state of the cells, and finally, the environment where it happens. Increased understanding of the immunogenicity of cancer cell death will significantly improve the outcome of chemotherapeutic treatments.