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Characterization of effusion-infiltrating T cells: benign versus malignant effusions.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Apr 2004
Atanackovic Djordje, Block Andreas, de Weerth Andreas, Faltz Christiane, Hossfeld Dieter Kurt, Hegewisch-Becker Susanna
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PURPOSE: While naïve T cells circulate between peripheral blood and lymph nodes, memory effector T cells acquire certain surface molecules that enable them to travel to peripheral tissues and exert their effector function. We analyzed whether deficient numbers of effector-type T cells within the malignant effusion might contribute to tumor escape from immunosurveillance. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We analyzed the...
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