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. 2013 Jul 2;110(27):10886-7.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1308463110. Epub 2013 Jun 19.

Perspectives on anti-CD47 antibody treatment for experimental cancer

Emil R Unanue  1
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Perspectives on anti-CD47 antibody treatment for experimental cancer

Emil R Unanue. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The author declares no conflict of interest.

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Fig. 1.
(A) Macrophages ignore normal cells as a result of negative interactions in which the CD47–SIRP-α pair promote the “don’t eat me” signal. Cancer cells show high levels of CD47 and avoid phagocytosis despite having a higher level of calreticulin (12) (B), but blocking CD47 with antibody favors their uptake (C).
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