Cocultures of human colorectal tumor spheroids with immune cells reveal the therapeutic potential of MICA/B and NKG2A targeting for cancer treatment

Abstract Background Immunotherapies still fail to benefit colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. Relevant functional assays aimed at studying these failures and the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy in human are scarce. 3D tumor cultures, called tumor organoids or spheroids, represent interesting models t...

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Main Authors: Tristan Courau, Julie Bonnereau, Justine Chicoteau, Hugo Bottois, Romain Remark, Laura Assante Miranda, Antoine Toubert, Mathieu Blery, Thomas Aparicio, Matthieu Allez, Lionel Le Bourhis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-03-01
Series:Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40425-019-0553-9