This is a selection of articles from the March 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Allergy & Immunology headlines.
Luminex donor-specific crossmatches
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Source: Tissue Antigens - March 31, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: organizations
Twenty-three novel alleles increase diversity at the HLA-C locus
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Source: Tissue Antigens - March 31, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: organizations
Fibrinogen-bearing protein genes in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata: Characterization of two novel genes and expression studies during ontogenesis and trematode infection.
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Source: Developmental and Comparative Immunology - March 31, 2008 Authors: Zhang SM, Nian H, Zeng Y, Dejong RJ Tags: Dev Comp Immunol Source Type: organizations
Role of response gene to complement 32 in diseases
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Source: Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis - March 30, 2008 Tags: Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis Source Type: organizations
Spatial and mechanistic separation of cross-presentation and endogenous antigen presentation
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Source: Nature Immunology - March 30, 2008 Authors: Sven BurgdorfChristian SchölzAndreas KautzRobert TampéChristian Kurts Tags: Article Source Type: organizations
The actin cytoskeleton in T cell activation.
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Source: Annual Review of Immunology - March 29, 2008 Authors: Burkhardt JK, Carrizosa E, Shaffer MH Tags: Annu Rev Immunol Source Type: organizations
Clinical Immunology Review Series: An approach to the patient with recurrent infections in childhood
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Source: Clinical and Experimental Immunology - March 29, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: organizations
Troublesome Allergens Thrive In Humid Weather
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Source: Allergy News From Medical News Today - March 28, 2008 Source Type: organizations
Neutropenia in antibody-deficient patients under IVIG replacement therapy
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Source: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - March 27, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: organizations
Effects of Kupffer cell-depletion on Concanavalin A-induced hepatitis.
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Source: Cellular Immunology - March 27, 2008 Authors: Hatano M, Sasaki S, Ohata S, Shiratsuchi Y, Yamazaki T, Nagata K, Kobayashi Y Tags: Cell Immunol Source Type: organizations
Influenza vaccine dosages.
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Source: Vaccine - March 27, 2008 Authors: Palache AM, Beyer WE, Osterhaus AD Tags: Vaccine Source Type: organizations
Safety and reactogenicity profile of an adjuvanted H5N1 pandemic candidate vaccine in adults within a phase III safety trial.
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Source: Vaccine - March 27, 2008 Authors: Rümke HC, Bayas JM, de Juanes JR, Caso C, Richardus JH, Campins M, Rombo L, Duval X, Romanenko V, Schwarz TF, Fassakhov R, Abad-Santos F, von Sonnenburg F, Dramé M, Sänger R, Ballou WR Tags: Vaccine Source Type: organizations
Vascular targeting, chemotherapy and active immunotherapy: teaming up to attack cancer.
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Source: Trends in Immunology - March 27, 2008 Authors: Bellone M, Mondino A, Corti A Tags: Trends Immunol Source Type: organizations
Strategies for the prevention of asthmatic, anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions during the administration of anesthetics and/or contrast media.
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Source: Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology - March 26, 2008 Authors: Liccardi G, Lobefalo G, Di Florio E, Di Iorio C, Occhiochiuso L, Romano L, Savoia G, Massa RM, D'Amato G, Tags: J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol Source Type: organizations
Decreased expression of integrins by hematopoietic cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and anemia: relationship with bone marrow cytokine levels.
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Source: Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology - March 26, 2008 Authors: Jaworski J, Maslinski W, Pazdur J, Sliwinska-Stanczyk P, Kaminska-Tchorzewska E, Jung L, Lacki JK Tags: J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol Source Type: organizations
Influence of atopy on asthma severity in adult female patients.
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Source: Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology - March 26, 2008 Authors: Ozol D, Koca C, Mete E, Yigitoğlu R Tags: J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol Source Type: organizations
Moxifloxacin-associated drug hypersensitivity syndrome with drug-induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
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Source: Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology - March 26, 2008 Authors: Son CH, Kim HI, Kim KN, Lee KN, Lee CU, Roh MS, Kim KH, Yang DK, Lee SK Tags: J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol Source Type: organizations
The relationship between oxidative stress and acid stress in adult patients with mild asthma.
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Source: Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology - March 26, 2008 Authors: Zhao JJ, Shimizu Y, Dobashi K, Kawata T, Ono A, Yanagitani N, Kaira K, Utsugi M, Hisada T, Ishizuka T, Mori M Tags: J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol Source Type: organizations
Allergy to eggplant (Solanum melongena) caused by a putative secondary metabolite.
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Source: Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology - March 26, 2008 Authors: Pramod SN, Venkatesh YP Tags: J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol Source Type: organizations
Apoptosis: Killing neutrophils the cathepsin way
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - March 26, 2008 Authors: Marta Tufet Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: organizations
Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells veto CD8 T cell activation by antigen-presenting dendritic cells.
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Source: European Journal of Immunology - March 26, 2008 Authors: Schildberg FA, Hegenbarth SI, Schumak B, Limmer A, Knolle PA Tags: Eur J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Preservation of a critical epitope core region is associated with the high degree of flaviviral cross-reactivity exhibited by a dengue-specific CD4+ T cell clone
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Source: European Journal of Immunology - March 26, 2008 Authors: Edward Moran, Cameron Simmons, Nguyen Vinh Chau, Kerstin Luhn, Bridget Wills, Nguyen Phuong Dung, Le Thi Thu Thao, Tran Tinh Hien, Jeremy Farrar, Sarah Rowland-Jones, Tao Dong Source Type: organizations
Th17 development and autoimmune arthritis in the absence of reactive oxygen species
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Source: European Journal of Immunology - March 26, 2008 Authors: Annie George-Chandy, Inger Nordström, Erik Nygren, Ing-Marie Jonsson, Jorge Postigo, Laurence Vincent Collins, Kristina Eriksson Source Type: organizations
Investigation of endogenous antigen processing by delivery of an intact protein into cells.
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Source: Journal of Immunological Methods - March 26, 2008 Authors: Fu H, Ding J, Flutter B, Gao B Tags: J Immunol Methods Source Type: organizations
Effect of Frequently Used Chemotherapeutic Drugs on Cytotoxic Activity of Human Cytotoxic T-lymphocytes.
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Source: Journal of Immunotherapy - March 25, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (418 K) Source Type: organizations
Expression of cytokine genes following pre- and post-hatch immunization of chickens with herpesvirus of turkeys.
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Source: Vaccine - March 25, 2008 Authors: Abdul-Careem MF, Hunter DB, Lambourne MD, Read LR, Parvizi P, Sharif S Tags: Vaccine Source Type: organizations
Expression of three serine protease genes from the South East Asian malaria vector, Anopheles dirus, in relation to blood feeding and parasite infection.
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Source: Developmental and Comparative Immunology - March 25, 2008 Authors: Sriwichai P, Rongsriyam Y, Jariyapan N, Apiwathnasorn C, Sattabongkot J, Paskewitz S Tags: Dev Comp Immunol Source Type: organizations
Promising New Drug Targets Identified For Huntington's Disease
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - March 24, 2008 Source Type: organizations
Nonmyeloablative allogeneic bone marrow transplantation of a child with systemic autoimmune disease and lung vasculitis
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Source: Immunologic Research - March 22, 2008 Tags: Immunologic Research Source Type: organizations
Diesel Exhaust Exposure Early in Life Doubles Asthma Risk
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Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 21, 2008 Tags: Allergy/Clinical Immunology Source Type: organizations
Modulation of dendritic cell function by leishmania parasites.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Soong L Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
AML1/Runx1 Negatively Regulates Quiescent Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Adult Hematopoiesis.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Ichikawa M, Goyama S, Asai T, Kawazu M, Nakagawa M, Takeshita M, Chiba S, Ogawa S, Kurokawa M Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Lack of TIM-3 Immunoregulation in Multiple Sclerosis.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Yang L, Anderson DE, Kuchroo J, Hafler DA Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Glucose Uptake Is Limiting in T Cell Activation and Requires CD28-Mediated Akt-Dependent and Independent Pathways.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Jacobs SR, Herman CE, Maciver NJ, Wofford JA, Wieman HL, Hammen JJ, Rathmell JC Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Dendritic Cell-Dependent Inhibition of B Cell Proliferation Requires CD22.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Santos L, Draves KE, Boton M, Grewal PK, Marth JD, Clark EA Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Activation and Function of the mTORC1 Pathway in Mast Cells.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Kim MS, Kuehn HS, Metcalfe DD, Gilfillan AM Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Intracellular Retention of the NKG2D Ligand MHC Class I Chain-Related Gene A in Human Melanomas Confers Immune Privilege and Prevents NK Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Fuertes MB, Girart MV, Molinero LL, Domaica CI, Rossi LE, Barrio MM, Mordoh J, Rabinovich GA, Zwirner NW Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Hypoxia and Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1{alpha} Modulate Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Dendritic Cell Activation and Function.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Jantsch J, Chakravortty D, Turza N, Prechtel AT, Buchholz B, Gerlach RG, Volke M, Gläsner J, Warnecke C, Wiesener MS, Eckardt KU, Steinkasserer A, Hensel M, Willam C Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
B cell receptor Basal signaling regulates antigen-induced Ig light chain rearrangements.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Schram BR, Tze LE, Ramsey LB, Liu J, Najera L, Vegoe AL, Hardy RR, Hippen KL, Farrar MA, Behrens TW Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
TLR-Activated B Cells Suppress T Cell-Mediated Autoimmunity.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Lampropoulou V, Hoehlig K, Roch T, Neves P, Gómez EC, Sweenie CH, Hao Y, Freitas AA, Steinhoff U, Anderton SM, Fillatreau S Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Isoform-Specific Inhibition of ROR{alpha}-Mediated Transcriptional Activation by Human FOXP3.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Du J, Huang C, Zhou B, Ziegler SF Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-3 Binding of Integrin {alpha}L{beta}2 Requires Both Extension and Opening of the Integrin Headpiece.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Tang XY, Li YF, Tan SM Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
STAT3-Mediated Up-Regulation of BLIMP1 Is Coordinated with BCL6 Down-Regulation to Control Human Plasma Cell Differentiation.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Diehl SA, Schmidlin H, Nagasawa M, van Haren SD, Kwakkenbos MJ, Yasuda E, Beaumont T, Scheeren FA, Spits H Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
TLR2-Dependent MyD88 Signaling Contributes to Early Host Defense in Murine Enterococcus faecium Peritonitis.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Leendertse M, Willems RJ, Giebelen IA, van den Pangaart PS, Wiersinga WJ, de Vos AF, Florquin S, Bonten MJ, van der Poll T Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Blockade of PD-1/B7-H1 Interaction Restores Effector CD8+ T Cell Responses in a Hepatitis C Virus Core Murine Model.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Lukens JR, Cruise MW, Lassen MG, Hahn YS Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Retargeting of Human T Cells to Tumor-Associated MUC1: The Evolution of a Chimeric Antigen Receptor.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Wilkie S, Picco G, Foster J, Davies DM, Julien S, Cooper L, Arif S, Mather SJ, Taylor-Papadimitriou J, Burchell JM, Maher J Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
The Synthetic Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-{gamma} Agonist Ciglitazone Attenuates Neuroinflammation and Accelerates Encapsulation in Bacterial Brain Abscesses.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Kielian T, Syed MM, Liu S, Phulwani NK, Phillips N, Wagoner G, Drew PD, Esen N Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Molecular Characterization of Helicobacter pylori VacA Induction of IL-8 in U937 Cells Reveals a Prominent Role for p38MAPK in Activating Transcription Factor-2, cAMP Response Element Binding Protein, and NF-{kappa}B Activation.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Hisatsune J, Nakayama M, Isomoto H, Kurazono H, Mukaida N, Mukhopadhyay AK, Azuma T, Yamaoka Y, Sap J, Yamasaki E, Yahiro K, Moss J, Hirayama T Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Complement receptors 1 and 2 influence the immune environment in a B cell receptor-independent manner.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Jacobson AC, Weis JJ, Weis JH Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Destructive Arthritis in the Absence of Both Fc{gamma}RI and Fc{gamma}RIII.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Boross P, van Lent PL, Martin-Ramirez J, van der Kaa J, Mulder MH, Claassens JW, van den Berg WB, Arandhara VL, Verbeek JS Tags: J Immunol Source Type: organizations
Special Master Rules Pneumococcal Vaccine Not Covered In Program
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - March 21, 2008 Source Type: organizations
Varicella zoster virus glycoprotein E-specific CD4+ T cells show evidence of recent activation and effector differentiation, consistent with frequent exposure to replicative cycle antigens in healthy immune donors
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Source: Clinical and Experimental Immunology - March 21, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: organizations
Children: Tips for Choosing a Pediatrician
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Source: MedicineNet Allergies General - March 21, 2008 Source Type: organizations
West Nile Virus Attenuates Activation of Primary Human Macrophages
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Source: Viral Immunology - March 21, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: organizations
Dual role of Cbl links critical events in BCR endocytosis
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Source: International Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Jacob, M., Todd, L., Sampson, M. F., Pure, E. Tags: Featured article of the month Source Type: organizations
Mechanisms of organogenesis of primary lymphoid follicles
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Source: International Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Beyer, T., Meyer-Hermann, M. Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS Source Type: organizations
Circulating neutrophils of septic patients constitutively express IL-10R1 and are promptly responsive to IL-10
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Source: International Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Tamassia, N., Calzetti, F., Menestrina, N., Rossato, M., Bazzoni, F., Gottin, L., Cassatella, M. A. Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS Source Type: organizations
NK cells and NKT cells collaborate in host protection from methylcholanthrene-induced fibrosarcoma
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Source: International Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Smyth, M. J. Tags: LETTER TO THE EDITOR Source Type: organizations
Sulfates are main targets of immune responses to cruzipain and are involved in heart damage in BALB/c immunized mice
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Source: International Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Acosta, D. M., Arnaiz, M. R., Esteva, M. I., Barboza, M., Stivale, D., Orlando, U. D., Torres, S., Laucella, S. A., Couto, A. S., Duschak, V. G. Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS Source Type: organizations
Generation of tumour-rejecting anti-carbohydrate monoclonal antibodies using melanoma modified with Fas ligand
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Source: International Immunology - March 21, 2008 Authors: Simon, A. K., Newsom-Davis, T., Frayne, M. E. F., Ch'en, P. F.-T., McMichael, A. J., Screaton, G. R. Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS Source Type: organizations
Massive Measles Vaccination Campaign Wraps Up In Pakistan - Protecting More Than 34 Million Children Against A Deadly Disease
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - March 20, 2008 Source Type: organizations
Effectiveness of hexavalent vaccines against invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease: Germany's experience after 5 years of licensure.
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Source: Vaccine - March 20, 2008 Authors: Kalies H, Grote V, Siedler A, Gröndahl B, Schmitt HJ, von Kries R Tags: Vaccine Source Type: organizations
Enhancing the clinical activity of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor-secreting tumor cell vaccines
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Source: Immunological Reviews - March 19, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: organizations
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in T-cell tolerance and tumoral immune escape
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Source: Immunological Reviews - March 19, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: organizations
Signaling defects in anti-tumor T cells
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Source: Immunological Reviews - March 19, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: organizations
The Yin-Yang of tumor-associated macrophages in neoplastic progression and immune surveillance
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Source: Immunological Reviews - March 19, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: organizations
Polarized immune responses differentially regulate cancer development
