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Human leukocyte antigen class I expression on squamous cell carcinoma cells regulates natural killer cell activity.
Cancer research - 15 Nov 1999
Lutz C T, Kurago Z B
Abstract excerpt
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules on hematopoietic cancers and melanomas inhibit attack by natural killer lymphocytes, but previous studies have not consistently demonstrated that carcinoma cells are protected by HLA class I expression. We investigated whether HLA class I molecules protect oral and pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma cells from natural killer lymphocyte attack. Squamous cell...
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