Dendritic Cell-CEA Peptide Vaccine

**Semantic type:** Immunologic Factor|Pharmacologic Substance

**Definition:** A cancer vaccine consisting of dendritic cells harvested from a patient with cancer and pulsed or transduced with a peptide fragment of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a tumor-associated antigen expressed by a wide range of cancers. When the altered dendritic cells are returned to the patient, they may stimulate the host immune system to mount a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte immune response against tumor cells expressing CEA.

**Synonyms:** - CEA peptide-pulsed DC vaccine - CEA peptide-pulsed dendritic cell vaccine - Dendritic Cell CEA Peptide Vaccine - Dendritic cell-carcinoembryonic antigen peptide vaccine - Vaccine, dendritic cell-CEA peptide - peptide vaccine, dendritic cell-CEA