A team effort: natural killer cells on the first leg of the tumor immunity relay race

Abstract Recent work by Böttcher and colleagues defines a new role for Natural Killer cells in the anti-tumor immune response, arriving early into the tumor microenvironment before passing the baton to DC1 dendritic cells. DC1 dendritic cells subsequently activate CD8+ T cells resulting in effective...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Timothy B. Fessenden, Ellen Duong, Stefani Spranger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40425-018-0380-4