Quantitative Analysis of Liposomal Heat Shock Protein 70 (Hsp70) in the Blood of Tumor Patients Using a Novel LipHsp70 ELISA

Stephanie Breuninger¹, Janina Erl¹, Clemens Knape¹, Sophie Gunther¹, Ivonne Regel², Franz Rödel³, Udo S Gaipl⁴, Jun Thorsteinsdottir⁵, Lydia Giannitrapani⁶, Anne M Dickinson⁷ and Gabriele Multhoff^1,8*

¹Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany

²Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany

³Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

⁴Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Universitätsstr. 27, 91054 Erlangen, Germany

⁵Tumorbiological Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Klinikum Grosshadern, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany

⁶Biomedical Department of Internal Medicine & Specialities (DiBiMIS), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy

⁷Cellular Therapies Facility Haematological Sciences (ICM), Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK

⁸Clinical Cooperation Group (CCG) “Innate Immunity in Tumor Biology”, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health Munich, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany

^*Corresponding Author: Gabriele Multhoff, Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany, Tel: 498941404514, Fax: 498941404299 Email: