Induction of tumor inhibitory anti-angiogenic response through immunization with interferon Gamma primed placental endothelial cells: ValloVax™

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ichim, Thomas E ^a   Li, Shuang ^b   Ma, Hong ^a   Yurova, Yuliya V ^c   Szymanski, Julia S ^a   Patel, Amit N ^d   Kesari, Santosh ^e,f   Min, Wei Ping ^g   Wagner, Samuel C ^a  

^a Batu Biologics Inc   (United States)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE; INTERFERON GAMMA PRIMED PLACENTAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEWIS CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA B16; METASTASIS; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TUMOR REGRESSION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CANCER VACCINES; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84924912033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12967-015-0441-0     Document Type: Article

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