Functional inactivation of EBV-specific T-lymphocytes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: implications for tumor immunotherapy.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated malignancy with high prevalence in Southern Chinese. In order to assess whether defects of EBV-specific immunity may contribute to the tumor, the phenotype and function of circulating T-cells and tumor infiltrating lymphocytes...

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Main Authors: Jiang Li, Xue-hui Zeng, Hao-yuan Mo, Ulrika Rolén, Yan-fang Gao, Xiao-shi Zhang, Qiu-yan Chen, Li Zhang, Mu-sheng Zeng, Man-zhi Li, Wen-lin Huang, Xiao-ning Wang, Yi-xin Zeng, Maria G Masucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001122