Selectively hampered activation of lymph node-resident dendritic cells precedes profound T cell suppression and metastatic spread in the breast cancer sentinel lymph node

Abstract Background Immune regulated pathways influence both breast cancer (BrC) development and response to (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy. The sentinel lymph node (SLN), as the first metastatic site, is also the first site where BrC-induced suppression of immune effector subsets occurs. Since intricat...

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Main Authors: Kim M. van Pul, Ronald J.C.L.M. Vuylsteke, Rieneke van de Ven, Elisabeth A. te Velde, Emiel J. Th. Rutgers, Petrousjka M. van den Tol, Hein B.A.C. Stockmann, Tanja D. de Gruijl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-05-01
Series:Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40425-019-0605-1