Interleukin-21 in cancer immunotherapy: Friend or foe?

Interleukin (IL)-21, a cytokine produced by activated conventional CD4+ T lymphocytes and Natural Killer T cells, drives anti-tumor immunity in the skin and kidney. However IL-21 is also pro-inflammatory in many tissues and promotes colitis-associated colon cancer. Understanding the biology of IL-21...

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Main Authors: Stolfi, Carmine, Pallone, Francesco, MacDonald, Thomas T., Monteleone, Giovanni
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Landes Bioscience 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3382872/