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Tumour-derived exosomes or microvesicles: another mechanism of tumour escape from the host immune system?
1 Jan 2005
Abstract excerpt
Tumours are known to be able to successfully escape the host immune system by one or both of the two general mechanisms: a loss of surface antigens to become invisible to immune cells or an attack on immune cells to disable their antitumour functions. Both phenomena are now recognised as significant contributors to cancer growth and disease progression ( Whiteside, 2002 ). While the concept of surface antigen...
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