Activated pancreatic stellate cells inhibit NK cell function in the human pancreatic cancer microenvironment

Cell Mol Immunol. 2019 Jan;16(1):87-89. doi: 10.1038/s41423-018-0014-2. Epub 2018 Apr 8.

Authors

Qiang Huang¹, Mei Huang², Futao Meng², Rui Sun³

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. ahslyyhq2016@163.com.
² Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
³ Institute of Immunology, School of Life Science and Medical Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. sunr@ustc.edu.cn.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Killer Cells, Natural / pathology*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / immunology*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
Pancreatic Stellate Cells / pathology*
Tumor Microenvironment*