HLA class I expression and its alteration by preoperative hyperthermo-chemoradiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer.

OBJECTIVE: Enhancing immunologic responses, including human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I expression on tumor cells and recognition and elimination of tumor cells by tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL), is considered a novel concept of radiotherapy. The present study examined patients who...

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Main Authors: Hiro Sato, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Munenori Ide, Toshihide Katoh, Shin-Ei Noda, Ken Ando, Takahiro Oike, Yuya Yoshimoto, Noriyuki Okonogi, Kousaku Mimura, Takayuki Asao, Hiroyuki Kuwano, Takashi Nakano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4178123?pdf=render