RT Journal Article
ID 33c676f6029be99c
A1 Sotomayor, Eduardo M. 
A1 Borrello, Ivan 
A1 Levitsky, Hyam I. 
T1 Tolerance and Cancer: A Critical Issue in Tumor Immunology
JF Critical Reviews™ in Oncogenesis
JO CRO
YR 1996
FD 1996-12-01
VO 7
IS 5-6
SP 433
OP 456
K1 anergy. antigen-specific tolerance
K1 clonal deletion
K1 clonal diversion
K1 immunosuppression
AB Self-antigens are the most relevant and abundant antigens to which the host's immune system must be tolerant. Induction and maintenance of tolerance to self-antigens is mediated by several mechanisms that prevent inappropriate damage to normal tissues. However, these same mechanisms may impose potential barriers for the full development of effective immune responses against antigens expressed by tumors. A critical issue in tumor immunology is whether antigen presented by a progressively expanding tumor cell population results in T-cell tolerance. Utilizing a T cell receptor transgenic mice specific for a model tumor antigen expressed on a B-cell lymphoma, recently we have obtained direct evidence supporting the existence of tumor-induced antigen-specific tolerance. A better identification and understanding of the factor(s) involved in tumor-induced tolerance has clear implications for the development of novel cancer immunotherapies aimed at safely breaking tolerance, for example, releasing the brakes on antitumor immune responses while still limiting the induction of undesirable autoimmune responses.
PB Begell House
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