The microenvironment of germ cell tumors harbors a prominent antigen-driven humoral response

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3310-3317

  Willis, Simon N ^a,b   Mallozzi, Scott S ^a   Rodig, Scott J ^d   Cronk, Katherine M ^a   McArdel, Shannon L ^a   Caron, Tyler ^d   Pinkus, Geraldine S ^d   Lovato, Laura ^a   Shampain, Kimberly L ^a   Anderson, David E ^a,b   Anderson, Richard C E ^c   Bruce, Jeffrey N ^c   O'Connor, Kevin C ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; CANCER ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MATURATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CLONE; CELL MOTION; DYSGERMINOMA; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; SEMINOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONE CELLS; DYSGERMINOMA; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; SEMINOMA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 64849100960     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803424     Document Type: Article

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