The Tübingen approach: Identification, selection, and validation of tumor-associated HLA peptides for cancer therapy

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-195

  Singh Jasuja, Harpreet ^a,b   Emmerich, Niels P N ^b   Rammensee, Hans Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; HLA peptides; Tuebingen approach; Tumor associated

Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE; DNA VACCINE; EPITOPE; FREUND ADJUVANT; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; HLA A24 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; INTERLEUKIN 12; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 3; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VECTOR;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CANCER CELL; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE NEU; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENOMICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 1542267730     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-003-0480-x     Document Type: Review

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