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Analysis of HLA-E expression in human tumors.
Immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2003
Marín Rosario, Ruiz-Cabello Francisco, Pedrinaci Susana, Méndez Rosa, Jiménez Pilar, Geraghty Daniel E, Garrido Federico
Abstract excerpt
Downregulation of MHC class Ia molecule expression is a widespread mechanism used by tumor cells to escape antitumor T-cell-mediated immune responses. However, it is not known why NK cells cannot lyse these MHC class-Ia-deficient tumor targets. Tumors must select additional routes of escape from NK cells. An attractive hypothesis is that the aberrant expression of nonclassical HLA class Ia molecules in tumors...
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