Interferon-α as an immunotherapeutic protein

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 565-581

  Brassard, Diana L ^a   Grace, Michael J ^a   Bordens, Ronald W ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitumor therapy; Antiviral therapy; Immunological therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CANCER VACCINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MELANOMA; MOUSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERFERON-ALPHA; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0036554140     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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