Clinical relevance of the tumor microenvironment and immune escape of oral squamous cell carcinoma

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Eckert, Alexander W ^a   Wickenhauser, Claudia ^a   Salins, Paul C ^b   Kappler, Matthias ^a   Bukur, Juergen ^a   Seliger, Barbara ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Multispecialty Hospital Shaw Mazumdar Medical Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Immune escape; Immune response; Metabolic adaption; Oral squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADAM10 ENDOPEPTIDASE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SMAD PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ARNTL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PH; CELL REPROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLYCOLYSIS; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR ESCAPE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; UBIQUITINATION; UPREGULATION; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85007572959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12967-016-0828-6     Document Type: Review

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