Recent advances in tumour antigen-specific therapy: In Vivo Veritas

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-178

  Mahnke, Yolanda D ^a   Speiser, Daniel ^a   Luescher, Immanuel F ^b   Cerottini, Jean Charles ^a,b   Romero, Pedro ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer vaccines; Immunotherapy; T cell monitoring; Tetramers

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NAKED DNA; PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TETRAMER; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CANCER THERAPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CANCER VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 10344222120     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20572     Document Type: Short Survey

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