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Call for Papers: Cancer Immunotherapy and Vaccines

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BMC Immunology is currently accepting manuscripts to the new thematic series “Cancer Immunotherapy and Vaccines”.

The purpose of this thematic series is to bring together the latest advances in both biological and computational research, looking broadly at the basic biological aspects of immunotherapy, emerging immunotherapies (both prophylactic and preventive) and different vaccination approaches.

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Featured article: Fighting cancer with the immune system

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Studies have shown the immune system has the potential to remove tumor cells in a patient’s body. This article describes a method for generating antitumor  cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs)  specific for the epitopes of the HER2/neu tumor-associated antigen. These CTLs are then shown to have a pronounced cytotoxic effect on tumor cells expressing the HER2/neu marker.

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1. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  27 October 2017

   Transcriptomic data from two primary cell models stimulating human monocytes suggest inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial function by N. meningitidis which is partially up-regulated by IL-10

   Authors:Unni Gopinathan, Reidun Øvstebø, Berit Sletbakk Brusletto, Ole Kristoffer Olstad, Peter Kierulf, Petter Brandtzaeg and Jens Petter Berg
2. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  4 October 2017

   Synergistic oligodeoxynucleotide strongly promotes CpG-induced interleukin-6 production

   Authors:Shireen Nigar, Yoshinari Yamamoto, Takuma Okajima, Suguru Shigemori, Takashi Sato, Tasuku Ogita and Takeshi Shimosato
3. CONTENT TYPE:METHODOLOGY ARTICLE

     |  3 October 2017

   Selection of reliable reference genes for the normalisation of gene expression levels following time course LPS stimulation of murine bone marrow derived macrophages

   Authors:Akane Tanaka, Joyce To, Bronwyn O’Brien, Sheila Donnelly and Maria Lund
4. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  23 August 2017

   Adverse events following immunization with pentavalent vaccine: experiences of newly introduced vaccine in Iran

   Authors:Manoochehr Karami, Pegah Ameri, Jalal Bathaei, Zeinab Berangi, Tahereh Pashaei, Ali Zahiri, Seyed Mohsen Zahraei, Hussein Erfani and Koen Ponnet
5. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH ARTICLE

     |  22 August 2017

   JAK inhibitor has the amelioration effect in lupus-prone mice: the involvement of IFN signature gene downregulation

   Authors:Keigo Ikeda, Kunihiro Hayakawa, Maki Fujishiro, Mikiko Kawasaki, Takuya Hirai, Hiroshi Tsushima, Tomoko Miyashita, Satoshi Suzuki, Shinji Morimoto, Naoto Tamura, Kenji Takamori, Hideoki Ogawa and Iwao Sekigawa

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