Epstein-Barr virus- and cytomegalovirus-specific immune response in patients with brain cancer

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Liu, Zhenjiang ^a,b   Poiret, Thomas ^a,c   Meng, Qingda ^a   Rao, Martin ^a   von Landenberg, Anna ^a   Schoutrop, Esther ^a   Valentini, Davide ^a   Dodoo, Ernest ^a   Peredo Harvey, Inti ^a   Maeurer, Markus ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cellular immunity; Epstein Barr virus; Human cytomegalovirus; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGEN PP65; DEXAMETHASONE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS MATRIX PROTEIN 65KDA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; MATRIX PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; WHOLE BLOOD ASSAY; BRAIN TUMOR; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TUMOR; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKINS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 85049430414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12967-018-1557-9     Document Type: Article

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