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vitespen An autologous cancer vaccine derived from tumor-specific gp96 heat shock proteins. Heat shock proteins chaperone peptides through the endoplasmic reticulum, are key regulators of dendritic cell maturation, migration and antigen processing, and are involved in T-cell activation. Check for active clinical trials or closed clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
Synonyms: | | autologous gp96 heat shock protein peptide complex vaccine gp96 HSP-peptide complex heat shock protein peptide complex-96 | | | US brand name: | | Oncophage | | | Code name: | | HSPPC-96 | | |
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