Abstract: The invention relates to a disposable packaging item capable of being sterilised and/or depyrogenated. The invention in particular relates to the packaging of products and/or devices in the fields of medicine, pharmaceutics, chemistry, biology, food or electronics. The invention in particular relates to a disposable packaging item (1) at least partially produced with at least one thermoplastic film (10) that can withstand sterilisation and/or depyrogenation, said disposable packaging item (1) defining at least one inner enclosure (5) for receiving one or more elements (50) to be packaged, said inner enclosure (5) being under vacuum (40) and preferably sterile and/or depyrogenated, said packaging item (1) including one or more packaged elements (50).

Abstract: The invention concerns methods for maturation of dendritic cells by contacting them with RU 41740 or a compound analogous to RU 41740. The maturation of dendritic cells contacted with RU 41740, or analogues thereof, can be characterized by their functional properties and their phenotypic properties.