Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 947858, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/947858
Review Article
PI3K Functions in Cancer Progression, Anticancer Immunity and Immune Evasion by Tumors
Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Internal Medicine, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy
Received 31 May 2011; Revised 18 August 2011; Accepted 21 August 2011
Academic Editor: Bernhard Fleischer
Copyright © 2011 Francesco Dituri 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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