An increase in suppressive dendritic cells and T cells is a hallmark of healthy aging, a phenomenon exacerbated by cancer and modulated by chemo‐ and immunotherapy

This thesis showed that specialised immune cells, dendritic cells and T cells, that play a key role in protecting us from cancer become increasingly dysfunctional (suppressive) during aging, which is exacerbated by cancer. Moreover, anti-cancer chemotherapy and immunotherapy promote even more suppre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gardner, Joanne Karina
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51694