How the immune system spots tumors.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 25250710.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.04476 and PMC identifier 4172991.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
The receptor protein Dectin-1 recognizes structures found on cancerous cells, and then triggers an anti-tumor immune response.
Medical subject headings
- Immunity, Innate
- Lectins, C-Type
- Melanoma, Experimental