Immunotherapeutic modulation of the suppressive liver and tumor microenvironments

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 879-889

  Chan, Tim ^a   Wiltrout, Robert H ^a   Weiss, Jonathan M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Liver microenvironment; Myeloid derived suppressor cells; Regulatory dendritic cells; Regulatory T cells; Tumor immunotherapy; Tumor associated macrophages

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CCL1 CHEMOKINE; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHLORDANE; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 27; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; NITRIC OXIDE; RANTES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BONE MARROW CELL; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SUPPRESSOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79958056343     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2010.12.024     Document Type: Review

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