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Tumor Escape

Known as: Immune Evasions, Tumor, Evasions, Tumor Immune, Immune Evasion, Tumor 
The ability of tumors to evade destruction by the IMMUNE SYSTEM. Theories concerning possible mechanisms by which this takes place involve both… 
National Institutes of Health

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2016
2016
Epigenetic inactivation of follistatin-like 1 mediates tumor immune evasion in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Follistatin like-1 (FSTL1) is a secreted glycoprotein involved in a series of physiological and pathological processes. However… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Cancer immunotherapy: current status and future directions.
2012
2012
SA-4-1BBL Costimulation Inhibits Conversion of Conventional CD4+ T Cells into CD4+FoxP3+ T Regulatory Cells by Production of IFN-γ
Tumors convert conventional CD4+ T cells into induced CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ T regulatory (iTreg) cells that serve as an effective means… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Novel Anti-Melanoma Immunotherapies: Disarming Tumor Escape Mechanisms
The immune system fights cancer and sometimes temporarily eliminates it or reaches an equilibrium stage of tumor growth. However… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Severe preeclampsia is characterized by increased placental expression of galectin-1
Objective. Galectin-1 is a major anti-inflammatory protein expressed by the placenta and immune cells that can bias the character… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Intercellular protein transfer at the NK cell immune synapse: mechanisms and physiological significance
Immune synapses (IS) are supramolecu‐lar clusters providing intercellular communication among cells of the immune system. While… 
2007
2007
The role of TGF-beta-1 protein and TGF-beta-R-1 receptor in immune escape mechanism in bladder cancer.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Lung cancer-derived bombesin-like peptides down-regulate the generation and function of human dendritic cells
Review
1999
Review
1999
Autoaggression and tumor rejection: it takes more than self‐specific T‐cell activation
Summary: Establishment of self‐tolerance prevents autoaggression against organ‐specific self‐antigens. This beneficial effect… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Expression of Fas(APO-1/CD95) in tumor-infiltrating and peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients with renal cell carcinoma.
The functional expression of Fas-ligand on tumor cells reported in a variety of neoplasms has been proposed by several groups as… 
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