Failure of immunosurveillance accelerates aging
Immunosurveillance is generally conceived as a mechanism through which the immune system detects and eliminates (pre-)malignant cells, thus reducing the risk of developing cancer. A recent paper by Ovadya et al. demonstrates that knockout of the gene coding for perforin-1 causes accelerated accumula...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2019-04-01
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Series: | OncoImmunology |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2162402X.2019.1575117 |