Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Immune Evasion during Lung Cancer Progression: The Chicken or the Egg?

Datar, Ila; Schalper, Kurt A · Clin Cancer Res · 2016

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Abstract

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a complex process involved in metastasis. Immune evasion is required for tumor progression and is characterized by an ineffective antitumor immune response and upregulation of immune-suppressive signals. The coexistence of EMT and adaptive immune evasion opens the possibility of a mechanistic link between these processes. Clin Cancer Res; 22(14); 3422-4. ©2016 AACRSee related article by Lou et al., p. 3630.

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