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Cytotoxic effector T cells elicited by the killed tumor vaccine differ significantly from the effectors generated during active growth of a murine B-cell lymphoma.
Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII - 1 Nov 1999
Santra S, Sood A K, Ghosh S K
Abstract excerpt
Active specific immunotherapy of neoplastic diseases is an elusive goal. Using a murine B lymphoma 2C3, we showed that vaccination with the killed tumor cells effectively induces protective immunity and a cytotoxic T cell (CTL) response. Similar protection, however, is rarely observed in mice bearing live tumor cells. These animals usually succumb to the progressively growing tumor. In this study, we inquired...
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