A method for inducing differentiation of monocytes contained in an extracorporeal quantity of a subject's blood into functional dendritic antigen presenting cells is provided. The monocytes are first treated by exposure to physical perturbation, irradiation in the presence of a photoactivatable agent capable of forming photoadducts with cellular DNA components, and/or treatment with a DNA binding agent. The treated monocytes are then incubated for a period of time sufficient to maximize the number of functional dendritic cells in the treated cell population. Functional dendritic cells generated from induced monocytes are incubated together with disease effector agents to enhance the presentation of at least one disease-causing antigen expressed by the disease effector agents.
本发明提供了一种方法,可诱导体外量受试者血液中的单核细胞分化为功能性树突状抗原呈递细胞。首先对单核细胞进行物理扰动处理,在有能与细胞 DNA 成分形成光加合物的光活化剂存在的情况下进行照射,和/或用 DNA 结合剂处理。然后将处理过的单核
细胞培养一段时间,使处理过的细胞群中功能性树突状细胞的数量达到最大。将诱导单核细胞产生的功能树突状细胞与疾病效应剂一起培养,以增强疾病效应剂表达的至少一种致病抗原的表达。