Promising targets for cancer immunotherapy: TLRs, RLRs, and STING-mediated innate immune pathways

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Li, Kai ^a   Qu, Shuai ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Wu, Qiong ^a   Shi, Ming ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer immunotherapy; Innate immunity; RIG I like Receptors; Stimulator of Interferon Genes; Toll like Receptors

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON INDUCED HELICASE C DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; RIG I LIKE RECEPTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; STIMULATOR OF INTERFERON GENE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DDX58 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MPYS PROTEIN, HUMAN; RETINOIC ACID INDUCIBLE PROTEIN I;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR ESCAPE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR IMMUNITY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEAD BOX PROTEIN 58; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TUMOR ESCAPE;

EID: 85012992223     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms18020404     Document Type: Review

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