Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) represent heterogeneous immunosuppressive
cells in multiple cancer types and display potent immunosuppressive activity on T cells. We …

Background aims Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells have shown cytolytic activity against
several tumor cells in vitro and in animal tumor models. Furthermore, CIK cells activated by …

Typically, neonates exhibit decreased or aberrant cellular immune responses when
compared to adults, resulting in increased susceptibility to infection. However, it is clear that …

Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells show cytolytic activity against tumor. The purpose of this
study was to evaluate the antitumor effect of dendritic cell (DC)-activated CIK cells in vitro and …

… Professor Shui Cao conceived the structure of the review. Ai-Ying Qin searched databases,
… Liang Liu and Xiu-Bao Ren conceived the review together with Professor Shui Cao, …

Objective Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells have the ability to kill tumor in vitro and in vivo.
This study was designed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of CIK cell immunotherapy following …

Citrin is a liver-type aspartate/glutamate carrier (AGC) encoded by the gene SLC25A13.
Two phenotypes for human citrin deficiency have been described, namely the adult-onset …

Finite-time thermodynamic analysis of an air-standard Otto cycle is performed in this paper.
The relation between net work output and efficiency of the cycle is derived. The maximum net …

Purpose This prospective study aims to explore the benefit of cytokine-induced killer cell (CIK)
treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma patients, which has not yet been thoroughly studied …

IDO has been reported to induce immunotolerance and promote metastasis in solid malignancy,
but the mechanisms involved were not fully understood. In this study, the expression of …