Spontaneous apoptosis of tumor-specific tetramer+ CD8 + T lymphocytes in the peripheral circulation of patients with head and neck cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 773-781

  Albers, Andreas E ^a,b   Schaefer, Carsten ^b,c   Visus, Carmen ^b   Gooding, William ^b   DeLeo, Albert B ^b,d   Whiteside, Theresa L ^b,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Effector T lymphocytes; Tetramers; Tumor antigen specific T cells

Indexed keywords

7 AMINODACTINOMYCIN; EPITOPE; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROTEIN P53; TETRAMER;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; WILD TYPE;

ANNEXIN A5; APOPTOSIS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 67049156009     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21031     Document Type: Article

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