Driving gene-engineered T cell immunotherapy of cancer

Cell Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 38-58

  Johnson, Laura A ^a   June, Carl H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CD19; chimeric antigen receptor; T cell immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NEOPLASM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 85007427057     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2016.154     Document Type: Review

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