Tumour-derived prostaglandin E and transforming growth factor-beta synergize to inhibit plasmacytoid dendritic

Isabelle Bekeredjian-Ding1, Meike Schäfer, Evelyn Hartmann

  • 1Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. isabelle.bekeredjian-ding@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Immunology
|January 14, 2010
PubMed

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