Breast Cancer Research

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Spontaneous apoptosis of blood dendritic cells in patients with breast cancer

Alberto Pinzon-Charry1,2*, Tammy Maxwell1, Michael A McGuckin2,3, Chris Schmidt1, Colin Furnival4 and J Alejandro López1,2*

Author Affiliations

1 Dendritic Cell and Cancer Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

2 School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

3 Mater Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

4 Wesley Medical Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Breast Cancer Research 2006, 8:R5 doi:10.1186/bcr1361


See related commentary by Lenahan and Avigan at http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/8/1/101

Published: 16 December 2005

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A figure showing impaired uptake and allo-stimulatory capacity of blood DCs from patients with breast cancer.

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