The 2011 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Volchenkov, Roman ^a   Sprater, Florian ^a   Vogelsang, Petra ^a   Appel, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE; PROVENGE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NOBEL PRIZE;

EID: 83455224662     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02663.x     Document Type: Article

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