Strategy for eliciting antigen-specific CD8+ T cell-mediated immune response against a cryptic CTL epitope of merkel cell polyomavirus large T antigen

Strategy for eliciting antigen-specific CD8+ T cell-mediated immune response against a cryptic CTL epitope of merkel cell polyomavirus large T antigen

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a relatively new addition to the expanding category of oncovirus-induced cancers. Although still comparably rare, the number of cases has risen dramatically in recent years. Further complicating this tr...

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Main Authors: Gomez Bianca P, Wang Connie, Viscidi Raphael P, Peng Shiwen, He Liangmei, Wu T-C, Hung Chien-Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-10-01
Series:Cell & Bioscience
Subjects:
DNA vaccine
Gene therapy
Merkel cell polyomavirus
Cryptic CTL Epitope
Large T antigen
Online Access:http://www.cellandbioscience.com/content/2/1/36

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