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Classical and non-classical HLA class I aberrations in primary cervical squamous- and adenocarcinomas and paired lymph node metastases.
Journal for immunotherapy of cancer - 1 Jan 2016
Ferns Debbie M, Heeren A Marijne, Samuels Sanne, Bleeker Maaike C G, de Gruijl Tanja D, Kenter Gemma G, Jordanova Ekaterina S
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BACKGROUND: Tumors avoid destruction by cytotoxic T cells (CTL) and natural killer (NK) cells by downregulation of classical human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and overexpression of non-classical HLA. This is the first study to investigate HLA expression in relation to histology (squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) vs. adenocarcinoma (AC)), clinicopathological parameters and survival in a large cervical cancer patient...
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