Tumour immunology: The consequences of concomitant challenges

Nature Reviews Cancer 16, 757 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrc.2016.135 Author: Sarah Seton-Rogers Kohlhapp et al. found that acute influenza infection accelerates cancer-specific death of immunocompetent mice injected with B16 melanoma cells. Infection caused CD8+ T cells to move from the tumour to the site of infection, thus allowing increased tumour growth; this could be

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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - November 22, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sarah Seton-Rogers Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research