Authors
Citation
Y. Paterson et G. Ikonomidis, RECOMBINANT LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES CANCER VACCINES, Current opinion in immunology, 8(5), 1996, pp. 664-669
Citations number
48
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology
Journal title
ISSN journal
09527915
Volume
8
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
664 - 669
Database
ISI
SICI code
0952-7915(1996)8:5<664:RLCV>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes has recently been exploited as a vector for tar
geting antigens to the immune system. In the past year it has been sho
wn to be particularly effective as a tumor antigen vector. Here we set
its potency as a cancer vaccine in the context of the type of immunit
y induced by this facultative intracellular bacterium.