Immunity to the melanoma inhibitor of apoptosis protein (ML-IAP; livin) in patients with malignant melanoma

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 655-665

  Zhou, Jun ^a,b   Yuen, Noah K ^c   Zhan, Qian ^b   Velazquez, Elsa F ^b   Murphy, George F ^b   Giobbie Hurder, Anita ^d   Hodi, F Stephen ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune responses; Livin; Melanoma; ML IAP

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; EPITOPE; HLA A ANTIGEN; IPILIMUMAB; LIVIN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CTLA-4 ANTIGEN; EPITOPES; HLA-A2 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 84862500452     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: 14320851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-011-1124-1     Document Type: Article

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