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| P R WalkerSummaryAffiliation: University Hospital Country: Switzerland Publications
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Role of Fas ligand (CD95L) in immune escape: the tumor cell strikes backP R Walker
Division of Oncology, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
J Immunol 158:4521-4. 1997..The potential interactions between tumor cells and the host immune response are thus more complex than previously thought; their elucidation will benefit the rational design of cancer immunotherapy strategies...
The brain parenchyma is permissive for full antitumor CTL effector function, even in the absence of CD4 T cellsP R Walker
Laboratory of Tumor Immunology, Division of Oncology, and Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
J Immunol 165:3128-35. 2000..This observation correlated with potent ex vivo cytotoxicity of brain-infiltrating CTLs, specific for the immunodominant epitope CW3170-179 expressed on P815-CW3 tumor cells...
Fas ligand expression by astrocytoma in vivo: maintaining immune privilege in the brain?P Saas
Division of Oncology, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
J Clin Invest 99:1173-8. 1997..Overall, our findings suggest that FasL-induced apoptosis by astrocytoma cells may play a significant role in both immunosuppression and the regulation of tumor growth within the central nervous system...
Tumor expression of Fas ligand (CD95L) and the consequencesP R Walker
Laboratory of Tumour Immunology, Division of Oncology, University Hospital Geneva, 24 Rue Micheli du Crest, CH 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland
Curr Opin Immunol 10:564-72. 1998..The final in vivo outcome of CD95 ligand expression will depend upon a complex balance of interactions relevant for each tumor in its particular microenvironment...
Loss of Fas (CD95/APO-1) expression by antigen-specific cytotoxic T cells is reversed by inhibiting DNA methylationP R Walker
Laboratory of Tumour Immunology, Division of Oncology, University Hospital Geneva, CH 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
Cell Immunol 206:51-8. 2000..Understanding how Fas may be differentially regulated in vivo and in vitro is an important issue for the optimal manipulation of T cells for adoptive immunotherapy protocols...
