Direct identification of an HPV-16 tumor antigen from cervical cancer biopsy specimens
Persistent infection with high-risk human papilloma viruses (HPV) is the worldwide cause of many cancers, including cervical, anal, vulval, vaginal, penile and oropharyngeal. Since T cells naturally eliminate the majority of chronic HPV infections by recognizing epitopes displayed on virally altere...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2011.00075/full |