Active immunotherapy
Active immunotherapy is a type of immunotherapy that attempts to stimulate the host's intrinsic immune response to a disease e.g. cancer.[1] Some are vaccines.
It divides into:
- Non-Specific Active Immunotherapy: Generating a general immune system response using cytokines and other cell signaling.
- Specific Active Immunotherapy: The generation of cell-mediated and antibody immune responses focused on specific antigens expressed by the cancer cells. Usually with a vaccine.
See also
- Cancer vaccine
- C-Met#Active immunotherapy,
- Alzheimer's disease clinical research#Active immunotherapy,
- Mantle cell lymphoma#Immunotherapy,
References
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