The lack of reproducible, quantitative assays for T-cell responses has been a limitation in the development of cancer vaccines to elicit T-cell immunity. We utilized the Elispot assay, which allows a quantitative and functional assessment of T cells directed against specific peptides after only brie
High frequencies of circulating melanoma-reactive CD8+ T cells in patients with advanced melanoma
β Scribed by Anne Letsch; Ulrich Keilholz; Dirk Schadendorf; Dirk Nagorsen; Alexander Schmittel; Eckhard Thiel; Carmen Scheibenbogen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 99 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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