Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 307297, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/307297
Review Article
Microarray Analysis for a Comprehensive Immunological-Status Evaluation during Cancer Vaccine Immune Monitoring
1Department of Pathology and Diagnostic, University of Verona Medical School, Verona, Italy
2Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
3Infectious Disease and Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Received 1 July 2011; Accepted 5 August 2011
Academic Editor: Yongqun O. He
Copyright © 2011 Vladia Monsurrò and Francesco M. Marincola. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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