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          Flt-3 ligand         |  
      | Vaxjo ID | 374 |  
      | Vaccine Adjuvant Name | Flt-3 ligand |  
      | Adjuvant VO ID | VO_0005535 |  
      | Description | natural adjuvant that induces a Th1 response |  
      | Stage of Development | Clinical Trial |  
      | Host Species for Testing | Human |  
      | Second Host Species for Testing | Mouse |  
      | Components | "dendritic cell (DC) growth factor, Flt-3 ligand (FL)naturally occurring glycoprotein that stimulates early hematopoietic progenitors via the FLT3 receptor" |  
      | Dosage | 20 μg/kg FL |  
      | Function | increases antigen presenting DCs |  
	  | References | Disis et al., 2002: Disis ML, Rinn K, Knutson KL, Davis D, Caron D, dela Rosa C, Schiffman K. Flt3 ligand as a vaccine adjuvant in association with HER-2/neu peptide-based vaccines in patients with HER-2/neu-overexpressing cancers. Blood. 2002; 99(8); 2845-2850. [PubMed: 11929774]. Nayak et al., 2006: Nayak BP, Sailaja G, Jabbar AM. Augmenting the immunogenicity of DNA vaccines: role of plasmid-encoded Flt-3 ligand, as a molecular adjuvant in genetic vaccination. Virology. 2006; 348(2); 277-288. [PubMed: 16563456]. |  |