Disruption of CCR5-dependent homing of regulatory T cells inhibits tumor growth in a murine model of pancreatic cancer.

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Published in J Immunol on February 01, 2009

Authors

Marcus C B Tan1, Peter S Goedegebuure, Brian A Belt, Brian Flaherty, Narendra Sankpal, William E Gillanders, Timothy J Eberlein, Chyi-Song Hsieh, David C Linehan

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1: Department of Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

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