Regulatory T Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer Progression: Role and Therapeutic Targeting.

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Published in Vaccines (Basel) on August 06, 2016

Authors

Belal Chaudhary1, Eyad Elkord2,3,4,5

Author Affiliations

1: Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK. belal.chaudhary@cantab.net.
2: Cancer Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute and College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha 5825, Qatar. eelkord@qf.org.qa.
3: College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 17666, UAE. eelkord@qf.org.qa.
4: Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M20 4BX, UK. eelkord@qf.org.qa.
5: Biomedical Research Centre, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK. eelkord@qf.org.qa.

Associated clinical trials:

Ipilimumab and Sargramostim in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer | NCT00064129

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