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Filtering by: Committee Member Pinto, Ligia Author Shafer-Weaver, Kimberly Ann Degree Ph.D. Keyword Prostate cancer Keyword Tolerance

Provision of Antigen-Specific CD4+ T cells Prevents the Tolerization of CD8+ Tumor-Specific T cells in a Mouse Model of Prostate Cancer

Description:

T cell tolerance to tumor antigens is a considerable challenge to cancer immunotherapy. To study T cell tolerance to tumor antigens, our laboratory utilizes the TRansgenic Adenocarcinoma of the Mouse Prostate (TRAMP) model in combination with adoptive transfer of TcR transgenic T cells with...

Author:

Shafer-Weaver, Kimberly Ann

Keyword:

Tumor, CD4+ T cells, Immunotherapy, Prostate cancer, Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte, and Tolerance

GW Unit:

Biomedical Sciences

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Hurwitz, Arthur A

Committee Member(s):

Constant, Stephanie, Pinto, Ligia, Keller, Jonathon, Leitenberg, David, and Malyguine, Anatoli

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation