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Innate and Adaptive Immunity in the Tumor Microenvironment

Publication year: 2008

ISBN: 978-1-4020-6750-1

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Recent studies, indicate that the tumor microenvironment is unique in providing both supportive and inhibitory factors that determine the fate of the tumor and its host. Accordingly, microenvironmental immunity that operates inside and around a tumor plays a crucial role in cancer development and progression. The aim of the present volume is to compile reviews on innate and adaptive immune responses at the tumor microenvironment with emphasis on positive and negative outcomes that affect the progression of the disease. These reviews have been solicited from experts in the field who published original research studies focusing on these issues.


Subject: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Antigen, Immune System, Immunity, apoptosis, proteins, regulation, tumor growth, tumor microenvironment, adaptive immunity, innate immunity