Harnessing RIG-I and intrinsic immunity in the tumor microenvironment for therapeutic cancer treatment

Oncotarget

Volumn 9, Issue 48, 2018, Pages 29007-29017

  Elion, David L ^a   Cook, Rebecca S ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunotherapy; Innate immunity; Pyroptosis; RIG I; Tumor microenvironment

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; RETINOIC ACID INDUCIBLE PROTEIN I; RETINOIC ACID INDUCIBLE PROTEIN I RECEPTOR AGONIST; RGT 100; SB 9200; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; INTRINSIC CELLULAR IMMUNITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR CELL DESTRUCTION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85048932545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25626     Document Type: Review

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