Innate and Adaptive Immunity in the Tumor Microenvironment

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Yefenof, Eitan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: The Tumor Microenvironment ; 1
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Immunology.; Oncology.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Cell Biology.; Biomedicine general.

Cancer cells are continuously interacting with the immune system of the host. These interactions can be regarded as a double edged sword. On the one hand, innate and adaptive immune responses act to protect the host by attempting rejection of the tumor. On the other hand, inflammatory cells and prot...