Immunotherapy I: Cytokine gene transfer strategies

Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 421-432

  Colombo, Mario P ^a   Forni, Guido ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cytokine; Gene transfer; Immunotherapy; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR VACCINE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030714556     PISSN: 01677659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005980418533     Document Type: Review

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