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Intralymphatic Immunotherapy and Vaccination in Mice
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1Vaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. mail: berzofsj@mail.nih.gov
Science Translational Medicine
|February 11, 2012
Abstract:
Synergy between intracellular and extracellular sensing mechanisms of the innate immune system improves adaptive immune responses to cancer vaccines and clearance of tumors.
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