Immunological hallmarks of stromal cells in the tumour microenvironment

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 669-682

  Turley, Shannon J ^a   Cremasco, Viviana ^b,c   Astarita, Jillian L ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIAPEDESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROMA CELL; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTION; CYTOTOXICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOLOGY; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; STROMAL CELLS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84945451852     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri3902     Document Type: Review

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