Role of the tumor microenvironment in mature B-cell lymphoid malignancies

Haematologica

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 531-540

  Fowler, Nathan H ^a   Cheah, Chan Yoon ^a,b,c   Gascoyne, Randy D ^d   Gribben, John ^e   Neelapu, Sattva S ^a   Ghia, Paolo ^f,g   Bollard, Catherine ^h   Ansell, Stephen ⁱ   Curran, Michael ^a   Wilson, Wyndham H ^j   O’Brien, Susan ^k   Grant, Cliona ^l   Little, Richard ^j   Zenz, Thorsten ^m   Nastoupil, Loretta J ^a   Dunleavy, Kieron ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Children's Research Institute   (United States)

ⁱ MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^j NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CD163 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIBODY; CD34 ANTIBODY; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CHECKPOINT KINASE INHIBITOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; CYCLIN D1; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IBRUTINIB; LENALIDOMIDE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 3; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; RITUXIMAB; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR AGONIST; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 4; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL THERAPY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; REED STERNBERG CELL; REVIEW; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR ESCAPE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOMARKERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR ESCAPE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84964768857     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2015.139493     Document Type: Review

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