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Gemcitabine chemotherapy induces phenotypic alterations of tumor cells that facilitate antitumor T cell responses in a mouse model of oral cancer.
Oral oncology - 1 May 2014
Tomihara Kei, Fuse Hiroki, Heshiki Wataru, Takei Rie, Zhang Bin, Arai Naoya, Nakamori Kenji, Noguchi Makoto
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OBJECTIVES: Gemcitabine (GEM) is a pyrimidine nucleoside analogue that is a new chemotherapeutic agent used for treating various cancers. Because accumulating evidence indicates that GEM may activate host immune responses, its potential as an immune modulator in cancer chemotherapy has generated considerable interest. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In the present study, we investigated the antitumor effects of GEM using...
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