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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-11-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001122 |