Understanding the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) for effective therapy

Nature Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 541-550

  Binnewies, Mikhail ^a   Roberts, Edward W ^a   Kersten, Kelly ^a   Chan, Vincent ^b   Fearon, Douglas F ^c   Merad, Miriam ^d   Coussens, Lisa M ^e   Gabrilovich, Dmitry I ^f   Ostrand Rosenberg, Suzanne ^g,h   Hedrick, Catherine C ⁱ   Vonderheide, Robert H ^j   Pittet, Mikael J ^k   Jain, Rakesh K ^k   Zou, Weiping ^l   Howcroft, T Kevin ^m   Woodhouse, Elisa C ^m   Weinberg, Robert A ⁿ   Krummel, Matthew F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

ⁱ LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^m NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HUMORAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR IMMUNE MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY;

GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85045833745     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-018-0014-x     Document Type: Article

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