Journal article
Cancer immunotherapy: Killers on sterols.
- Abstract:
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The dream of stimulating the body's immune response to fight cancer has become a reality in the past decade. Several potent drugs have been clinically approved that block inhibitory checkpoints in the immune system, boosting the ability of the system's T cells to mount responses against a range of cancers1. Furthermore, patients' own T cells have been successfully genetically engineered to attack blood-cancer cells2. Although these studies have established the immune system as a powerful ally...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Nature Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2016-03-16
- DOI:
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1476-4687
- ISSN:
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0028-0836
- Source identifiers:
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611763
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:611763
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- Local pid:
- pubs:611763
- Deposit date:
- 2016-03-30
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- Copyright holder:
- Michael Dustin
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- Author(s) retain copyright; published by Nature Publishing Group under license. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Nature Publishing Group at: [10.1038/nature17310].
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