Effect of Melanoma on Immune Function in the Regional Lymph Node Basin
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Open Access
- 1 February 2008
- journal article
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Clinical Cancer Research
- Vol. 14 (3) , 654-659
Abstract
Purpose: To determine if melanoma within the tumor microenvironment will result in immunosuppression within the draining lymph node as measured by down-regulation of T-cell receptor ζ (TCR ζ) expression.Keywords
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