The B7 Homologues and their Receptors in Hematologic Malignancies

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 465-475

  Wilcox, Ryan A ^a   Ansell, Stephen M ^b   Lim, Megan S ^a   Zou, Weiping ^a   Chen, Lieping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B7 H1; Costimulation; Leukemia; Lymphoma; PD 1; T cell

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; B7 ANTIGENS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; NEUTROPENIA; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

EID: 84862802626     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2012.01766.x     Document Type: Review

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