Autoimmunity as a double agent in tumor killing and cancer promotion

Cancer immunotherapy through manipulation of the immune system holds great potential for the treatment of human cancers. However, recent trials targeting the negative immune regulators CTLA4, PD-1 and PD-L1 demonstrated that clinically significant antitumor responses were often associated with the...

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Main Authors: Kevin H. Toomer, Zhibin eChen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00116/full