Bacille Calmette-Guerin can induce cellular apoptosis of urothelial cancer directly through toll-like receptor 7 activation

Immunotherapy using bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) instillation is the mainstay treatment modality for superficial urothelial cancer (UC) through toll-like receptor (TLR) activation of cognitive immune response. We investigated the roles of TLR7 in the activation of apoptosis in UC cells after BCG tr...

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Main Authors: Dah-Shyong Yu, Chia-Lun Wu, Szu-Yuan Ping, Cheng Keng, Kun-Hung Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-08-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X15001400