EXPRESSION OF CANCER/TESTIS ANTIGENS AND POSSIBLE CORRELATION WITH GENES RELATED TO T REGULATORY AND TH17 LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATIONS IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA

• Grant number: 10/19194-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2011
• End date: January 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Medical Clinics
• Principal Investigator: Gisele Wally Braga Colleoni
• Grantee: Bruna Raphaeli Silva
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 10/17668-6 - Identification of biomarkers and possible therapeutical targets in B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders, AP.TEM

Abstract

This project is an offshoot of the work initiated during the Clinical Cancer Genome Project, trying to assess the correlation between cancer/ testis antigens, that are possible targets for immunotherapy in MM, and some of T lymphocyte subpopulations that can have key role in regulating the response of MM patients to this type of intervention.