The immune system and cancer evasion strategies: Therapeutic concepts

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 279, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 541-562

  Muenst, S ^a   Laubli H ^b,c   Soysal, S D ^b   Zippelius, A ^b,c   Tzankov, A ^a   Hoeller, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Immune checkpoints; Immune regulators; Immunoediting; Immunosurveillance; Siglecs

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO N (3 CHLORO 4 FLUOROPHENYL) N' HYDROXY 1,2,5 OXADIAZOLE 3 CARBOXIMIDAMIDE; ALGENPANTUCEL L; ATEZOLIZUMAB; CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4 ANTIBODY; DACARBAZINE; DOCETAXEL; EVEROLIMUS; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; IPILIMUMAB; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 3; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NIVOLUMAB; OBINUTUZUMAB; PEMBROLIZUMAB; PIDILIZUMAB; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 2; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2; SIALIC ACID BINDING IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE LECTIN; SIPULEUCEL T; TECEMOTIDE; TUMOR VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZASTUMOTIDE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ADVANCED CANCER; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CASTRATION RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DENDRITIC CELL; FATIGUE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE CHECKPOINT; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOEDITING; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG CANCER; MACROPHAGE; MELANOMA; METASTATIC MELANOMA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR ESCAPE; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MACROPHAGES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84953888792     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12470     Document Type: Review

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