Tumors hijack fetal enzyme, escape killer T cells

Nat Med. 2003 Oct;9(10):1253-4. doi: 10.1038/nm1003-1253.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • News

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Fetus / immunology
  • Fetus / physiology
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Neoplasms / immunology
  • Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Placenta / metabolism
  • Pregnancy
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / metabolism*
  • Tryptophan / administration & dosage
  • Tryptophan / analogs & derivatives*
  • Tryptophan / metabolism*
  • Tryptophan / pharmacology
  • Tryptophan Oxygenase / metabolism*
  • Tumor Escape

Substances

  • alpha-methyltryptophan
  • Tryptophan
  • Tryptophan Oxygenase