dendritic cell-MART-1 peptide vaccine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-012968",
  "term": "dendritic cell-MART-1 peptide vaccine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A cancer vaccine consisting of dendritic cells harvested from a patient with cancer and pulsed or transduced with a peptide fragment of MART-1 (melanoma antigen recognized by T-cells), an antigen expressed by melanoma cells. When the altered dendritic cells are returned to the patient, they stimulate the host immune system to mount a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte immune response against tumor cells expressing MART-1.",
  "synonyms": [
    "MART-1 peptide-pulsed DC vaccine",
    "MART-1 peptide-pulsed dendritic cell vaccine"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/dendritic-cell-mart-1-peptide-vaccine/"
}