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Detection of T Lymphocytes Specific for Human Endogenous Retrovirus K (HERV-K) in Patients with Seminoma
1 Jan 2006
Abstract excerpt
Human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K) is distinctive among the retroviruses that comprise about 8% of the human genome in that multiple HERV-K proviruses encode full-length viral proteins, and many HERV-K proviruses formed during recent human evolution. HERV-K gag proteins are found in the cytoplasm of primary tumor cells of patients with seminoma. We identified HERV-K-specific T cells in patients with a past...
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