Splenocytes from mice vaccinated with separate VSV-IFNß-TAA did not generate any detectable Th17 responses following in vitro re-stimulation with a 1:1:1 mix of three Sleeping Beauty HCC explants recovered from untreated tumor bearing mice (SB-HCC 1,2,3) (Fig. 5D). This evidence concerns the gene IFNA1 and hepatocellular carcinoma.