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What is von Hippel-Lindau peptide vaccine?
Pronunciation: /vɔn hippel* ˈlɪndaʊ ˈpɛpˌtaɪd ˌvækˈsin/
von Hippel-Lindau peptide vaccine
Definition
A cancer vaccine composed of peptides derived from a tumor-associated protein encoded by a mutated Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) oncogene. VHL peptide vaccine may stimulate a cytotoxic T cell response against tumor cells expressing the VHL tumor-associated protein.