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ReviewCritical reviews in oncology/hematology2012

Missing: a diagnostic technique to enumerate antigen-specific T cells.

Melinda Shelley Suchard

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Review in Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Melinda Shelley SuchardMolecular Medicine and Haematology, National Health Laboratory Service, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, 7 York Road Parktown, Johannesburg 2192, South Africa. Melinda.suchard@nhls.ac.za

Funding

IRS1 and 2 Signaling in Mammary Development and CancerR01CA094118 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LEE, ADRIAN V · 2002 to 2015
$3.0M
South Africa Tuberculosis AIDS Training (SATBAT)U2RTW007370 · FIC · WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD · PI MARTINSON, NEIL A · 2007 to 2011
$1.9M
South Africa Tuberculosis/AIDS TrainingU2RTW007373 · FIC · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI VAN DER HORST, CHARLES MICHAEL · 2007 to 2012
$1.4M
FIC NIH HHS 5U2R TW007370FIC NIH HHS U2R TW007370FIC NIH HHS U2R TW007373NCI NIH HHS R01 CA094118PHS HHS 1U2RTW007373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T lymphocytes are responsible for immune responses against pathogens, immune surveillance against cancer and maintenance of tolerance to self. While techniques available to detect antigen-specific T cells have been well described, there is a missing technique in our repertoire. While fluorescent multimers can be used for limited research applications, there is no existing technique suitable for detection of antigen-specific T cells in a diagnostic setting. The absence of such a technology has inhibited the search for "correlates of protection" against infectious, autoimmune or malignant disease. This critical review of existing methods will highlight the limitations of the data on which our current understanding of the immune system is based, in an effort to stimulate development of improved techniques.

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AnimalsAntibodiesAntigensHumansImmunologic TestsT-LymphocytesAntibodiesAntigens

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PMID22137827
PMCPMC3496851

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