The immune cellular components of the tumour microenvironment are a diverse group of cells that paradoxically are now appreciated to have a coordinated opposing duality of either promoting or retarding tumour growth.M...The immune cellular components of the tumour microenvironment are a diverse group of cells that paradoxically are now appreciated to have a coordinated opposing duality of either promoting or retarding tumour growth.Manipulating this seemingly dynamic interaction for therapeutic benefit is a hotbed of much research.Recent findings in tumour immunology(both preclinical and clinical)build on more than a century of insights and provide a way forward to improving patient outcomes,long term survival and the predictability of“cures”.This opinion piece attempts to summarise some of these historical and contemporary insights with a view to describing eminently testable therapeutic solutions.展开更多
文摘The immune cellular components of the tumour microenvironment are a diverse group of cells that paradoxically are now appreciated to have a coordinated opposing duality of either promoting or retarding tumour growth.Manipulating this seemingly dynamic interaction for therapeutic benefit is a hotbed of much research.Recent findings in tumour immunology(both preclinical and clinical)build on more than a century of insights and provide a way forward to improving patient outcomes,long term survival and the predictability of“cures”.This opinion piece attempts to summarise some of these historical and contemporary insights with a view to describing eminently testable therapeutic solutions.
