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Chloe Choi1, David K Finlay2

  • 1School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Stem Cell Research & Therapy
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Keywords:
Cancer immunotherapyMetabolic signallingMetabolismMitochondriaNatural Killer cellsNutrientsPPARSREBPTumour microenvironmentcMycmTORC1

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