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Analysis of VISTA expression and function in renal cell carcinoma highlights VISTA as a potential target for immunotherapy

  • Shanjuan Hong 1 ,
  • Qing Yuan 2 ,
  • Haizhui Xia 3 ,
  • Genzhen Zhu 1 ,
  • Yu Feng 1 ,
  • Qiang Wang 4 ,
  • Zhiyin Zhang 3 ,
  • Wei He 3 ,
  • Jian Lu , 3 ,
  • Chen Dong , 1,5 ,
  • Ling Ni , 1
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  • 1. Institute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Medical Research Building, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2. Division of Urology, The 8th Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100091, China
  • 3. Department of Urology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
  • 4. Department of Urology, School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
  • 5. Beijing Key Lab for Immunological Research on Chronic Diseases, Beijing 100084, China

Published date: 15 Nov 2019

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Shanjuan Hong , Qing Yuan , Haizhui Xia , Genzhen Zhu , Yu Feng , Qiang Wang , Zhiyin Zhang , Wei He , Jian Lu , Chen Dong , Ling Ni . Analysis of VISTA expression and function in renal cell carcinoma highlights VISTA as a potential target for immunotherapy[J]. Protein & Cell, 2019 , 10(11) : 840 -845 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-019-0642-z

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