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ANNALES DE PATHOLOGIE
Volume 37, Issue 1, Pages 11-17Publisher
MASSON EDITEUR
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2016.12.004
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Immunology; Cancer; Immune surveillance; Escape; Immune suppression
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Despite having been much debated, it is now well established that the immune system plays an essential role in the fight against cancer. In this article, we will highlight the implication of the immune system in the control of tumor growth and describe the major components of the immune system involved in the antitumoral immune response. The immune system, while exerting pressure on tumor cells, also will play a pro-tumoral role by sculpting the immunogenicity of tumors cells as they develop. Finally, we will illustrate the numerous mechanisms of immune suppression that take place within the tumoral microenvironment which allow tumor cells to escape control from the immune system. The increasingly precise knowledge of the brakes to an effective antitumor immune response allows the development of immunotherapy strategies more and more innovating and promising of hope. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
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