Stress gets under your skin

Daniel M. Andrews, Mark J. Smyth

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Abstract

The prevailing paradigms ascribe the initiation of immune surveillance to the detection of foreign or inflammatory 'danger' signals. However, new work indicates that immune cells can detect early signs of cellular dysregulation that precede tumorigenesis, even in the absence of non-self signals and/or inflammation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)119-120
Number of pages2
JournalNature Immunology
Volume9
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2008

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