Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 3-10 , February 2010

Lymphocytes in cancer development: Polarization towards pro-tumor immunity

  • Brian Ruffell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States
    • ,
  • David G. DeNardo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States
    • ,
  • Nesrine I. Affara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States
    • ,
  • Lisa M. Coussens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States
    • Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Pathology, 513 Parnassus Avenue, HSW-450C, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2009.11.002

Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 3-10 , February 2010

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