Previously, we reported our experience treating 14 patients with metastatic melanoma using a fully human antibody to cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (anti–CTLA-4) in conjunction with peptide ...
Scientists from the Moffitt Cancer Center say they now have a better understanding why some lung cancer patients do not benefit from tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL therapy. Their findings ...
Trop-2 expression on treatment resistant cancer cells in castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) as a predictive biomarker for targeted therapy. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 ASCO ...
Any substance that induces the immune system to produce antibodies against it is called an antigen. Any foreign invaders, such as pathogens (bacteria and viruses), chemicals, toxins, and pollens, can ...
Antigens are detected by lymphocytes. Each lymphocyte has several antibodies which can be thought of as detectors. Each antibody is specific to a particular antigen. Typically, because ...
CD4+ T cells, or helper T cells, are one type of lymphocyte that helps coordinate the immune response against infection and disease. They interact and activate other cells in the immune system. The ...
The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are chronic intestinal disorders that are typically categorized as one of two subtypes: Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. 1 Ulcerative colitis is limited ...