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CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 192-199Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2013.02.005
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- NIH [1 U54 CA126515-01]
- Cancer Center from National Cancer Institute [P30-CA14051]
- John D. Proctor Foundation
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Cancer is a complex disease that can originate in virtually all the tissues of the body, and tumors progress through many different stages during their development. While genetic mutations in the emerging cancer cells drive this disease, it has become increasingly clear that cancer development is strongly influenced by the surrounding microenvironment. Cells of the immune system are critical components of this extrinsic network of cancer regulators, contributing significantly to the microenvironment of most cancers and either promoting or inhibiting the initiation and progression of this disease. Genetically engineered mouse (GEM) mouse models of spontaneous cancer are starting to shape our understanding of how antitumor T cells may act to prevent or inhibit cancer progression in some settings and not others. Lessons learned from investigating spontaneous mouse cancer models have important implications for directing clinical efforts that attempt to direct a cancer patient's immune system to eradicate their disease.
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