Immunotherapy of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Prevailing Challenges and New Perspectives

Current Colorectal Cancer Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 125-140

  Zumwalt, Timothy J ^a   Goel, Ajay ^a  

^a BAYLOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoptive immunotherapy; Adoptive T cell therapy; Allogeneic stem cell transplant; Anti tumor immunity; Antibody therapy; Biomarker; CTLA 4; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte; Dendritic cell; Helper T cell; Immunosuppression; Immunosurveillance; Immunotherapy; Ipilimumab; Macrophage; Metastatic colorectal cancer; Myeloid derived suppressor cell; PD 1 L1; Regulatory T cell; T cell; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4 ANTIBODY; DENDRITIC CELL VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FLT3 LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; GASTRIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSFER; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER; MISMATCH REPAIR; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OVERALL SURVIVAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR ESCAPE; TUMOR IMMUNITY; TUMOR REJECTION;

EID: 84929966392     PISSN: 15563790     EISSN: 15563804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11888-015-0269-2     Document Type: Review

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