Activated monocytes in peritumoral stroma of hepatocellular carcinoma foster immune privilege and disease progression through PD-L1.

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Published in J Exp Med on May 18, 2009

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Dong-Ming Kuang1, Qiyi Zhao, Chen Peng, Jing Xu, Jing-Ping Zhang, Changyou Wu, Limin Zheng

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1: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510 275, China.

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