Author:
Wang Weijia,Zhang Rupeng,Liang Han,Zhang Hui,Li Fangxuan,Yu Jinpu,Li Hui,Ren Xiubao
Abstract
Objective
To introduce the recent developments in cancer immunoinformatics with an emphasis on the latest trends and future direction.
Data sources
All related articles in this review were searched from PubMed published in English from 1992 to 2013. The search terms were cancer, immunoinformatics, immunological databases, and computational vaccinology.
Study selection
Original articles and reviews those were related to application of cancer immunoinformatics about tumor basic and clinical research were selected.
Results
Cancer immunoinformatics has been widely researched and applied in a series of fields of cancer research, including computational tools for cancer, cancer immunological databases, computational vaccinology, and cancer diagnostic workflows. Furthermore, the improvement of its theory and technology brings an enlightening insight into understanding and researching cancer and helps expound more deep and complete mechanisms of tumorigenesis and progression.
Conclusion
Cancer immunoinformatics provides promising methods and novel strategies for the discovery and development of tumor basic and clinical research.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)