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alpha fetoprotein plasmid DNA vaccine

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-009973

A vaccine consisting of plasmid DNA encoding alpha fetoprotein. After vaccination, expressed alpha fetoprotein may stimulate a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against tumor cells that express alpha fetoprotein, resulting in tumor cell lysis.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-009973
FieldOncology and biomedicine
AbbreviationphAFP
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009973",
  "term": "alpha fetoprotein plasmid DNA vaccine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A vaccine consisting of plasmid DNA encoding alpha fetoprotein. After vaccination, expressed alpha fetoprotein may stimulate a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against tumor cells that express alpha fetoprotein, resulting in tumor cell lysis.",
  "abbreviation": "phAFP",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/alpha-fetoprotein-plasmid-dna-vaccine/"
}

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