Code
3E008215
Duration
01 October 2015 → 30 September 2019
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Biochemistry and metabolism
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Medical and health sciences
- Immunology
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
- Immunology
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
- Immunology
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
Keywords
HIFU
ultrasound
cancer vaccination
dendritic cell
immunotherapy
immunogenic cell death
microbubbles
mRNA
Project description
This project combines two recent developments in immunotherapy: dendritic cell (DC)-based vaccination and immunogenic cell death (ICD). For this, we will explore high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) as a none-invasive means to damage tumor tissue and induce ICD. The immune response will be boosted by immunotherapy using mRNA-loaded microbubbles for ultrasound-triggered delivery of antigen- and adjuvant-mRNA to DCs in vivo.