Immunology and Cancer
This three-part series explores the human immune response to cancer focusing on cellular and molecular details of the process. Part 1 showcases the process of antigen harvesting by dendritic cells and later the T-cell maturation process. Part 2 focuses on T-cell activation and demonstrates the mechanisms by which the immune system destroys the cancer cells. Part 3 focuses on the immune checkpoints - a mechanism by which the immune system terminates the immune response and later describes the immune checkpoint therapies used in cancer treatment.
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Part 1: Dendritic Cells, Antigens, and T-cell Maturation
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Part 2: T-cell Activation and Action
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Part 3: Immune Checkpoints: Biology and Therapeutic Strategies
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Primary and secondary signal in T-cell activation
Proliferating T-cell synapsed with dendritic cell
Immune checkpoint at the T-cell and dendritic cell synapse
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Antigen Harvesting
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Immune Checkpoints
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