The role of toll-like receptors in hematopoietic malignancies

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2016, Pages

  Monlish, Darlene A ^a   Bhatt, Sima T ^a   Schuettpelz, Laura G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HSC; Leukemia; MyD88; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIGNALING ASSAY; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84992126289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00390     Document Type: Review

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