The IL-8/IL-8R axis: A double agent in tumor immune resistance

Vaccines

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  David, Justin M ^a   Dominguez, Charli ^a   Hamilton, Duane H ^a   Palena, Claudia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyury; CXCR1 2; EMT; IL 8; Immune resistance; MDSC; Neutrophil

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 8; PACLITAXEL; RANTES;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANGIOGENESIS ASSAY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOTOXICITY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85016851454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2076393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines4030022     Document Type: Review

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