Melanoma cells inhibit NK cell functions - Response

Cancer Research

Volumn 72, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 5430-

  Pietra, Gabriella ^a   Vitale, Massimo ^b   Manzini, Claudia ^a   Balsamo, Mirna ^b   Moretta, Lorenzo ^c   Mingari, Maria Cristina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN;

CANCER STEM CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL KILLING; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; METASTATIC MELANOMA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 84867522674     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-2526     Document Type: Letter

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