Central memory self/tumor-reactive CD8+ T cells confer superior antitumor immunity compared with effector memory T cells.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on June 24, 2005

Authors

Christopher A Klebanoff1, Luca Gattinoni, Parizad Torabi-Parizi, Keith Kerstann, Adela R Cardones, Steven E Finkelstein, Douglas C Palmer, Paul A Antony, Sam T Hwang, Steven A Rosenberg, Thomas A Waldmann, Nicholas P Restifo

Author Affiliations

1: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Institutes of Health Research Scholars Program, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

T Cell Receptor Immunotherapy Targeting NY-ESO-1 for Patients With NY-ESO-1 Expressing Melanoma | NCT02062359

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