Successful immunogene therapy using colon cancer cells (colon 26) transfected with plasmid vector containing mature interleukin-18 cDNA and the Igκ leader sequence

Cancer Gene Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-16

  Yoshimura, Kiyoshi ^a   Hazama, Shoichi ^a   Iizuka, Norio ^a   Yoshino, Shigefumi ^a   Yamamoto, Koutaro ^a   Muraguchi, Masahiro ^b   Ohmoto, Yasuichi ^b   Noma, Takafumi ^a   Oka, Masaaki ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Ohtsuka Cellular Technology Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; IL 18; Immunotherapy; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; PLASMID VECTOR; TUMOR VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0035125355     PISSN: 09291903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cgt.7700277     Document Type: Article

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