Challenges in T cell receptor gene therapy

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 386-399

  Uttenthal, Benjamin J ^a   Chua, Ignatius ^a   Morris, Emma C ^a   Stauss, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Gene therapy; Immunology; Tumour targeting

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; GANCICLOVIR; GENE THERAPY AGENT; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NY ESO 1 ANTIGEN; RITUXIMAB; SITIMAGENE CERADENOVEC; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLORECTAL CANCER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DONOR; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KILLER CELL; LABORATORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METASTATIC MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84862902493     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.2637     Document Type: Review

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