Phenotypic and functional characteristics of blood natural killer cells from melanoma patients at different clinical stages.

Melanomas are aggressive skin tumors characterized by high metastatic potential. Immunotherapy is a valuable alternative for metastatic melanoma patients resistant to chemotherapy. Natural Killer (NK) cells are efficient anti-tumor cytotoxic effectors. We previously showed that blood NK cells from s...

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Main Authors: Giulia Fregni, Meriem Messaoudene, Emmanuelle Fourmentraux-Neves, Sarra Mazouz-Dorval, Johan Chanal, Eve Maubec, Eduardo Marinho, Isabelle Scheer-Senyarich, Isabelle Cremer, Marie-Françoise Avril, Anne Caignard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3799851?pdf=render