Epstein-Barr virus- and cytomegalovirus-specific immune response in patients with brain cancer.
Zhenjiang LiuThomas PoiretQingda MengMartin RaoAnna von LandenbergEsther SchoutropDavide ValentiniErnest DodooInti Peredo-HarveyMarkus MaeurerPublished in: Journal of translational medicine (2018)
This report provides (i) a fast and easy assay using common viral antigens and cytokine stimulation to screen for immune fitness/exhaustion of patients with brain tumor in comparison to pancreatic cancer and healthy individuals and (ii) EBV/CMV-induced IFNγ production as a potential marker of survival in patients with brain tumor.
Keyphrases
- epstein barr virus
- immune response
- dendritic cells
- diffuse large b cell lymphoma
- high throughput
- papillary thyroid
- high glucose
- body composition
- physical activity
- diabetic rats
- sars cov
- squamous cell
- white matter
- resting state
- toll like receptor
- drug induced
- human health
- free survival
- endothelial cells
- childhood cancer
- oxidative stress
- young adults
- squamous cell carcinoma
- blood brain barrier