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CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies: possible involvement of regulatory T cells in disease progression.
Cancer - 1 Sept 2003
Sasada Tetsuro, Kimura Motohide, Yoshida Yuka, Kanai Michiyuki, Takabayashi Arimichi
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BACKGROUND: Active suppression by CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells plays an important role in the down-regulation of the response of T cells to foreign and self antigens. Experimental tumor models in mice revealed that regulatory T cells inhibit antitumor immune responses. The purpose of the current study was to demonstrate the possible involvement of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in immune system impairment in...
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