Disease-associated bias in T helper type 1 (Th1)/Th2 CD4(+) T cell responses against MAGE-6 in HLA-DRB10401(+) patients with renal cell carcinoma or melanoma.

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Published in J Exp Med on September 02, 2002

Authors

Tomohide Tatsumi1, Lisa S Kierstead, Elena Ranieri, Loreto Gesualdo, Francesco P Schena, James H Finke, Ronald M Bukowski, Jan Mueller-Berghaus, John M Kirkwood, William W Kwok, Walter J Storkus

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1: Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.

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