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Isolation and Flow Cytometric Analysis of Glioma-infiltrating Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
Published on: November 28, 2015
Cracking the glioma-NK inhibitory code: toward successful innate immunotherapy
Pedro R Lowenstein1, Gregory J Baker1, Maria G Castro1
1Departments of Neurosurgery and Cell and Developmental Biology; and Immunology; Cancer Biology; and Neuroscience Training Programs; The University of Michigan Medical School ; Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Abstract:
Natural killer (NK) cells eradicate galectin-deficient malignant gliomas without the necessity for T cell cooperation. This phenomenon was discovered as a consequence of reducing glioma-derived galectin-1. We propose that stimulation of endogenous antitumor NK cell activity may be achieved by reducing potent tumor-derived NK cell inhibitors, such as galectin-1, and that such agents be tested in the clinic to treatbrain tumors.
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