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SUBMITTER: Tang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11336886 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tang Xueyi X He Linhai L Wang Xiaoli X Liu Shuaichao S Liu Xiangning X Shen Xiaorui X Shu Yun Y Yang Ke K Zhou Qionghua Q Shan Zujian Z Wang Yueming Y Wu Changwen C Jia Zhenxing Z Liu Tong T Wang Yayu Y Liao Hua-Xin HX Xia Yun Y
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Colon cancer (CC) is one of the most common gastrointestinal malignancies. Effectiveness of the existing therapies is limited. Immunotherapy is a promising complementary treatment approach for CC. Major histocompatibility complex class I-related protein A and B (MICA/B) are ligands for NK cells. Shedding of MICA/B from the surface of tumor cells by cleavage of MICA/B at the membrane proxial region in MICA/B α3 structural domain is one of immune evasion strategies leading to escape of cancer cell ...[more]