Publication Date:
2014-01-10
Description:
Article slanDCs represent a population of dendritic cells whose role in cancer immune surveillance is not known. Here, the authors reveal that in cancer patients, slanDCs accumulate in the metastatic tumour-draining lymph nodes but not primary carcinoma sites, suggesting their involvement in nodal immune responses to cancer cells. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms4029 Authors: William Vermi, Alessandra Micheletti, Silvia Lonardi, Claudio Costantini, Federica Calzetti, Riccardo Nascimbeni, Mattia Bugatti, Manuela Codazzi, Patrick C. Pinter, Knut Schäkel, Nicola Tamassia, Marco A. Cassatella
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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