"Immunotherapy, Active" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Active immunization where vaccine is administered for therapeutic or preventive purposes. This can include administration of immunopotentiating agents such as BCG vaccine and Corynebacterium parvum as well as biological response modifiers such as interferons, interleukins, and colony-stimulating factors in order to directly stimulate the immune system.
| Descriptor ID |
D016233
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.095.465.425.400.530 E05.478.550.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Immunotherapy, Active- Immunotherapy, Active
- Active Immunotherapy
- Active Immunotherapies
- Immunotherapies, Active
Vaccine Therapy- Vaccine Therapy
- Therapy, Vaccine
- Therapies, Vaccine
- Vaccine Therapies
Immune RNA Manipulation- Immune RNA Manipulation
- Immune RNA Manipulations
- Manipulation, Immune RNA
- Manipulations, Immune RNA
- RNA Manipulation, Immune
- RNA Manipulations, Immune
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Immunotherapy, Active" by people in Profiles.
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Whalen GF, Sullivan M, Piperdi B, Wasseff W, Galili U. Cancer immunotherapy by intratumoral injection of ?-gal glycolipids. Anticancer Res. 2012 Sep; 32(9):3861-8.
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Ko EC, Wang X, Ferrone S. Immunotherapy of malignant diseases. Challenges and strategies. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2003 Dec; 132(4):294-309.
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Sandler AD, Chihara H, Kobayashi G, Zhu X, Miller MA, Scott DL, Krieg AM. CpG oligonucleotides enhance the tumor antigen-specific immune response of a granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor-based vaccine strategy in neuroblastoma. Cancer Res. 2003 Jan 15; 63(2):394-9.
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Pitts JM, Maloney ME. Therapeutic advances in melanoma. Dermatol Clin. 2000 Jan; 18(1):157-67.
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King WJ, MacDonald NE, Wells G, Huang J, Allen U, Chan F, Ferris W, Diaz-Mitoma F, Ashton F. Total and functional antibody response to a quadrivalent meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine among children. J Pediatr. 1996 Feb; 128(2):196-202.