Code
178FW0211
Duration
01 October 2010 → 05 January 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Immunology
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
- Immunology
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
- Immunology
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
Keywords
cancer vaccination
ultrasound
dendritic cells
mRNA
microbubbles
Project description
This project focuses on the use of mRNA-lipoplex loaded microbubbles for ultrasound-assisted cancer vaccination. The goal is to evaluate to what extent sonoporation (using microbubbles and ultrasound) can be used to transfect dendritic cells, what the effect of sonoporation on the cells and their function is, and how the resulting antitumor immune responses can be maximized in vivo.