Cancer and the Immune System: Deciphering the Relationship
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...epithelial origin. Suppressing function, creating tolerance, and evading recognition are a few methods by ...regulatory cells to suppress function.
Creating Tolerance
T-regs in the tumor microenvironment produce CTL... This in turn regulates the expression of the tolerance-producing antigens enunciated above. Finally, ...released from the microenvironment help create tolerance beyond direct proximity to the tumor; chemokine-aided...relapse. Chemical and radiation therapies cause a transient shutdown of the immune system, hampering its ability...microenvironment.
Antibodies that block cell-surface tolerance-producing proteins are one of the most commonly...cells to knockout proteins involved in immune tolerance. Recently, China spearheaded the first ever CRISPR-based...