Resistance to CTLA-4 checkpoint inhibition reversed through selective elimination of granulocytic myeloid cells

Oncotarget

Volumn 8, Issue 34, 2017, Pages 55804-55820

  Clavijo, Paul E ^a   Moore, Ellen C ^a   Chen, Jianhong ^a   Davis, Ruth J ^a   Friedman, Jay ^a   Kim, Young ^b   Van Waes, Carter ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a   Allen, Clint T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CTLA 4; MDSCs; Rejection; T cell inflamed; TCGA

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4 ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOCYTE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 85029038267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18437     Document Type: Article

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