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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 918471, 19 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/918471
Review Article

Tumor Evasion from T Cell Surveillance

Katrin Töpfer,1 Stefanie Kempe,1 Nadja Müller,1 Marc Schmitz,2 Michael Bachmann,2 Marc Cartellieri,2 Gabriele Schackert,1 and Achim Temme1

1Section Experimental Neurosurgery/Tumor Immunology, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstraβe 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
2Institute of Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstraβe 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany

Received 31 May 2011; Accepted 29 August 2011

Academic Editor: Julie Curtsinger

Copyright © 2011 Katrin Töpfer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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