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Published on: January 15, 2011
Manipulation of costimulatory signals to enhance antitumor T-cell responses
J P Allison1, A A Hurwitz, D R Leach
1Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA.
Abstract:
One of the major goals of tumor immunotherapy is the induction of tumor-specific T-cell responses that will be effective in eradicating disseminated tumors. Emerging information on the role of costimulatory molecules in T-cell activation offers several new strategies for enhancing antitumor responses, including the induction of expression of costimulatory molecules on tumor cells, enhancement of the presentation of transferred tumor antigen by host antigen-presenting cells, and ex vivo antigen priming of autologous antigen-presenting cells.
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