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Cancer immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer utilizing α-gal epitope/natural anti-Gal antibody reaction
Masahiro Tanemura, Eiji Miyoshi, Hiroaki Nagano, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Katsuyoshi Matsunami, Kiyomi Taniyama, Nobutaka Hatanaka, Hiroki Akamatsu, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki
Masahiro Tanemura, Hiroki Akamatsu, Department of Surgery, Osaka Police Hospital, 10-31 Kitayamacho Tennoujiku, Osaka 543-0035, Japan
Eiji Miyoshi, Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Hiroaki Nagano, Department of Digestive Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
Hidetoshi Eguchi, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Katsuyoshi Matsunami, Department of Pharmacognosy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734–8553, Japan
Kiyomi Taniyama, Nobutaka Hatanaka, Department of Surgery and Institute for Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Hiroshima 737-0023, Japan
Author contributions: Tanemura M, Nagano H and Miyoshi E designed the research; Eguchi H and Matsunami K performed the research; Tanemura M wrote the paper; Mori M and Doki Y critically reviewed the paper; Taniyama K, Hatanaka N and Akamatsu H critically revised the paper.
Supported by Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture of Japan to M. T., No. 25462129.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest related to the manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Masahiro Tanemura, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Osaka Police Hospital, 10-31 Kitayamacho Tennoujiku, Osaka 543-0035, Japan. tanemuram@oph.gr.jp
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Received: May 4, 2015
Peer-review started: May 9, 2015
First decision: June 2, 2015
Revised: July 2, 2015
Accepted: August 30, 2015
Article in press: August 31, 2015
Published online: October 28, 2015
