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Generating HPV specific T helper cells for the treatment of HPV induced malignancies using TCR gene transfer.
Journal of translational medicine - 5 Sept 2011
Scholten Kirsten B J, Turksma Annelies W, Ruizendaal Janneke J, van den Hende Muriel, van der Burg Sjoerd H, Heemskerk Mirjam H M, Meijer Chris J L M, Hooijberg Erik
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BACKGROUND: Infection with high risk Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is associated with cancer of the cervix, vagina, penis, vulva, anus and some cases of head and neck carcinomas. The HPV derived oncoproteins E6 and E7 are constitutively expressed in tumor cells and therefore potential targets for T cell mediated adoptive immunotherapy. Effective immunotherapy is dependent on the presence of both CD4+ and CD8+ T...
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