Primer on tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Harris, Timothy J ^a   Drake, Charles G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoptive T cell therapy; Cancer vaccine; Immune checkpoint; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLEMBATUMUMAB; INTERLEUKIN 7; STAT4 PROTEIN; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84991030277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-1426-1-12     Document Type: Review

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