The antitumor effects of levamisole in mice are mediated by NC-1.1+ cells

Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-118

  Clarke, Gregory R ^a   Burton, Robert C ^b   Smart, Y Cheng ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Levamisole; Natural cytotoxicity; NC 1.1+ cells; Tumor surveillance

Indexed keywords

LEVAMISOLE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PROTEINS;

EID: 0030683510     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002620050410     Document Type: Article

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