Abstract:Recent work demonstrated that B7 expression by tumor cells can enhance antitumor immune responses. However, the B7 molecule is expressed abundantly on most non-Hodgkin's B-cell lymphomas and solid lymphoid tumors. How these tumor cells escape from immune surveillance mechanisms remains unclear. Lately, it has become clear that bcl-2 oncogene is overexpressed in a wide variety of human cancers and renders tumor cells more resistant to cytolytic T-cells (CTL) mediated cytotoxicity. We cloned B7 and B7/Bcl-2 tran… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.