Pedram Basirjafar, Raziyeh Zandvakili, Javad Masoumi, Nahid Zainodini, Zahra Taghipour, Hossein Khorramdelazad, Soheila Yousefi, Tayyebeh Tavakoli, Mahboobeh Vatanparast, Sepehr Safdel, Mahsa Gheitasi, Fatemeh Ayoobi, Bahar Naseri, Abdollah Jafarzadeh
PURPOSE: In dendritic cells (DCs), leptin as an immune-regulating hormone, increases the IL-12 generation whereas it reduces the IL-10 production, thus contributing to TH1 cell differentiation. Using a murine model of breast cancer (BC), we evaluated the impacts of the Leptin and/or lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated DC vaccine on various T cell-related immunological markers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Tumors were established in mice by subcutaneously injecting 7 × 105 4T1 cells into the right flank...
August 30, 2023: Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology