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Immuno-viral therapy as a new approach for the treatment of brain tumors.
Drug news & perspectives - 1 May 2003
Toda Masahiro
Abstract excerpt
The central nervous system (CNS) has been considered an immunologically privileged site; however, recent evidence suggests that activated T cells cross the intact blood-brain barrier and that a series of immunological events is initiated when T cells recognize CNS antigens. Therefore, brain tumors might be selectively eliminated by T cells activated with antigens specific for the tumors. Using a conditionally...
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