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Cancer Immunology

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CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTES-INDUCTION AND ACTIVATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ASSOCIATED TUMOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Immunoblastic lymphomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Burkitt's lymphoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 NPC and Hodgkin's lymphoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Vaccines for EBV associated malignancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV) ASSOCIATED TUMOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 T cell responses against HPV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Cytotoxic T cell responses in HPV infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Vaccines and clinical trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Recombinant viral vaccines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Peptide vaccines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Bacterial fusion protein vaccines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Potential Pitfalls for CTL based immunotherapy of CaCX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 PROSPECTS FOR OTHER VIRALL Y ASSOCIATED CANCERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Hepatitis viruses and primary liver cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Human herpes virus 8 and Kaposi's sarcoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Human T lymphotropic virus and adult T cell leukaemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Emerging tumour viruses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 CONCLUDING REMARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Chapter 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 The immune response to oncogenic fusion proteins LORENA PASSONI & CARLO GAMBACORTI-PASSERINI xiii INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 BCRlABL . . .

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1 Immunogenicity of tumour associated antigens.- 2 Recognition of human tumours: cancer/testis antigens.- 3 Recognition of human tumors: SEREX expression cloning to identify tumour antigens.- 4 Recognition of human tumours: melanoma differentiation antigens.- 5 Carcinoembryonic Antigen as a Vaccine Target.- 6 MUC1 mucin as a target for immunotherapy of cancer: Muc1 based immunotherapeutic strategies.- 7 Recognition of human tumours: viral antigens as immunological targets for cytotoxic T cells.- 8 The immune response to oncogenic fusion proteins.- 9 Immunological significance of hsp70 in tumor rejection.- 10 Anti-idiotypic vaccination.- 11 Genetically modified tumour cells for cancer immunization.- 12 Antibody targeted therapy delivery of radionuclides, toxins and drugs.- 13 Escape mechanisms in tumour immunity.

Summary

Provides a comprehensive account of the known groups of human tumour antigens, and the immune effector cells involved in tumour rejection. This book includes chapters that deals with various major groups of human tumour antigens are included, covering differentiation antigens, testes-associated antigens, CEA, mucin, and viral antigens.

Product details

Assisted by A Robins (Editor), R A Robins (Editor), Rees (Editor), Rees (Editor), R. C. Rees (Editor), R.C. Rees (Editor), Robert Rees (Editor), R. A. Robins (Editor), R.A. Robins (Editor)
Publisher Springer Netherlands
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.07.2009
 
EAN 9780792370079
ISBN 978-0-7923-7007-9
No. of pages 253
Weight 572 g
Illustrations XXI, 253 p.
Series Immunology and Medicine
Immunology and Medicine
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine

C, Immunology, Oncology, Biomedical and Life Sciences

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