Review Article

Immunologic Monitoring of Cellular Responses by Dendritic/Tumor Cell Fusion Vaccines

Table 1

Immunologic monitoring.

Inflammatory skin reactionDTH

T-cell proliferation[3H] thymidine uptake
CFSE dilution

Cytokine profileELISPOT assay
Secretion of cytokines
Intracellular cytokines

CTL assays51Cr-release assays
Flow cytometry-based cytotoxicity assays (Caspase-3, Anexin-V)

CTL-associated moleculesPerforin
Granzyme B
CD107a and b expression in CD8+ T cells
CD154 expression in CD4+ T cells

T cell phenotypeMultimer analysis
TCR analysis

Immune suppression assaysCD25, FOXP3, IL-10, TGF-beta

DTH; delayed type hypersensitivity
CFSE; 5-(and-6)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester
TCR; T-cell receptor