Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Ross Research Bldg Room 644 B, Baltimore, MD 21205-2196, USA.
Immunol Res. 2010 Jul;47(1-3):248-56. doi: 10.1007/s12026-009-8156-z.
Recent advances in molecular medicine have shown that soluble MHC-multimers can be valuable tools for both analysis and modulation of antigen-specific immune responses in vitro and in vivo. In this review, we describe the use of dimeric human and mouse major histocompatibility complexes, MHC-Ig, as part of an artificial Antigen-Presenting Cell (aAPC). MHC-Ig-based aAPC and its derivatives represent an exciting new platform technology for measuring and manipulating immune responses in vitro as well as in vivo. This new technology has the potential to help overcome many of the obstacles associated with limitations in current antigen-specific approaches of immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmunity.
近年来,分子医学的进展表明,可溶性 MHC 多聚体可以成为体外和体内分析和调节抗原特异性免疫反应的有价值的工具。在这篇综述中,我们描述了二聚体人源和鼠源主要组织相容性复合物(MHC-Ig)作为人工抗原呈递细胞(aAPC)的一部分的用途。基于 MHC-Ig 的 aAPC 及其衍生物代表了一种令人兴奋的新技术平台,用于测量和操纵体外和体内的免疫反应。这项新技术有可能帮助克服当前癌症、传染病和自身免疫性疾病免疫治疗中与抗原特异性方法相关的许多限制。