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Specific blockade CD73 alters the "exhausted" phenotype of T cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
International journal of cancer - 15 Sept 2018
Deng Wei-Wei, Li Yi-Cun, Ma Si-Rui, Mao Liang, Yu Guang-Tao, Bu Lin-Lin, Kulkarni Ashok B, Zhang Wen-Feng, Sun Zhi-Jun
Abstract excerpt
The adenosine-induced immunosuppression hampers the immune response toward tumor cells and facilitates the tumor cells to evade immunosurveillance. CD73, an ecto-5-nucleotidase, is the ectoenzyme dephosphorylating extracellular AMP to adenosine. Here, using immunocompetent transgenic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) mouse model, immune profiling showed high expression of CD73 on CD4+ and CD8+ T cells...
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