VEGF directly suppresses activation of T cells from ascites secondary to ovarian cancer via VEGF receptor type 2 - Concepedia

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VEGF directly suppresses activation of T cells from ascites secondary to ovarian cancer via VEGF receptor type 2

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2012

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N. Gavalas, Marinos Tsiatas, Ourania Tsitsilonis, Ekaterini Politi, Kyriaki Ioannou, Apostolos C Ziogas, Alexandros Rodolakis, George Vlahos, Nikolaos Thomakos, Dimitrios Haidopoulos,

British Journal of Cancer

Abstract

Our study showed that ascites-derived T cells secrete VEGF and express VEGFR-2 upon activation. Vascular endothelial growth factor directly suppresses T-cell activation via VEGFR-2.

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