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doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2015.01.024.
An oral commensal associates with disease: chicken, egg, or red herring?
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2015.01.024
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An oral commensal associates with disease: chicken, egg, or red herring?
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Fusobacterium nucleatum might be the cause or consequence of disease in many tissues in and outside the mouth. In this issue of Immunity, Gur et al. (2015) suggest a new mechanism by which this oral commensal might help cancer cells escape host immunity.
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Binding of the Fap2 protein of Fusobacterium nucleatum to human inhibitory receptor TIGIT protects tumors from immune cell attack.Immunity. 2015 Feb 17;42(2):344-355. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2015.01.010. Epub 2015 Feb 10. Immunity. 2015. PMID: 25680274 Free PMC article.
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