Immunology: Channelling potassium to fight cancer

K. George Chandy; Raymond S. Norton

doi:10.1038/nature19467

Immunology: Channelling potassium to fight cancer

K. George Chandy, Raymond S. Norton

Medicinal Chemistry

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Abstract

Potassium released from dying tumour cells has now been found to suppress the
activity of T cells of the immune system. Enhancing the removal of potassium
from T cells restores their ability to attack cancer. See Letter p.539

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	497-499
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature
Volume	537
Issue number	7621
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19467
Publication status	Published - 14 Sep 2016

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Chandy, K. G., & Norton, R. S. (2016). Immunology: Channelling potassium to fight cancer. Nature, 537(7621), 497-499. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19467

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