Molecular pathways: Oncologic pathways and their role in T-cell exclusion and immune evasion - A new role for the AXL receptor tyrosine kinase

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2928-2933

  Aguilera, Todd A ^a   Giaccia, Amato J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AXL RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE; BETA CATENIN; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 6; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STAT3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD274 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PDCD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL EXCLUSION; TUMOR ESCAPE; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; B7-H1 ANTIGEN; CTLA-4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 85020815378     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: 15573265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-0189     Document Type: Article

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