Rapamycin delays growth of Wnt-1 tumors in spite of suppression of host immunity

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Rapamycin, an inhibitor of mammalian target of Rapamycin (mTOR), is an immunosuppressive agent that has anti-proliferative effects on some tumors. However, the role of Rapamycin-induced immune suppression on tumor progression has not...

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Main Authors: Telford William, Viskova Natalia Y, Wright Mollie H, Mariotti Jacopo, Svirshchevskaya Elena V, Fowler Daniel H, Varticovski Lyuba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/8/176