Cancer immunotherapy : mechanisms of cancer immunity, engineering immune-based therapies and developing clinical trials / edited by Jianxun Song. -- Sharjah : Bentham Science Publishers, 2015. – (64.865/C215m)

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Contributors

CHAPTERS

  1.   Introduction: Tumor and the Host Immune System

  2.   T Cell-Based Immunotherapy

  3.   NK Cell-Based Immunotherapy

  4.   The Basics of Cancer Immunity De-Based Immunotherapy: Gliomas as a Paradigm Disease?

  5.   Cytokines in Cancer Immunotherapy: The Yin and Yang Aspects of IL-12 Family of Cytokines

  6.   Genetically Engineered T Cell Immunotherapy for Gliomas and Other Solid Tumors

  7.   Therapeutic Antibody Engineering

  8.   Interferon-Alia as a Vaccine Adjuvant

  9.   Targeting T Cell Costimulation

  10.  Regeneration of Tumor Antigen-Specific T Cells Using iPSC Technology

  11.  Neutralizing Regulatory T Cells

  12.  Cancer Vaccines: Current Status and Future Perspectives

  13.  Summary and Short-Term Outlook

       Subject Index