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Immune System Effects on Breast Cancer.
- Source :
- Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering; Aug2021, Vol. 14 Issue 4, p279-292, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women, with the ability to metastasize to secondary organs, which is the main cause of cancer-related deaths. Understanding how breast tumors progress is essential for developing better treatment strategies against breast cancer. Until recently, it has been considered that breast cancer elicits a small immune response. However, it is now clear that breast tumor progression is either prevented by the action of antitumor immunity or exacerbated by proinflammatory cytokines released mainly by the immune cells. In this comprehensive review we first explain antitumor immunity, then continue with how the tumor suppresses and evades the immune response, and next, outline the role of inflammation in breast tumor initiation and progression. We finally review the current immunotherapeutic and immunoengineering strategies against breast cancer as a promising emerging approach for the discovery and design of immune system-based strategies for breast cancer treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- IMMUNE system
BREAST cancer
BREAST tumors
CANCER invasiveness
IMMUNE response
BREAST
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18655025
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151401243
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12195-021-00679-8