A tale of two tumours: Comparison of the immune escape strategies of contagious cancers

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 190-193

  Siddle, Hannah V ^a   Kaufman, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Canine transmissible venereal tumour; Contagious cancer; Devil facial tumour disease; Immune evasion; MHC; Tasmanian devil

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL VENEREAL TUMOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CANINE TRANSMISSIBLE VENEREAL TUMOR; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEVIL FACIAL TUMOR DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPIGENETICS; FACE TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEREDITY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE EVASION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR IMMUNITY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MARSUPIALIA; TUMOR ESCAPE; VENEREAL TUMORS, VETERINARY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII;

EID: 84875596007     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: 18729142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2012.10.017     Document Type: Review

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