Presenter: Natalie Vandeven (E-11)
Paper:
Placke T, Kopp HG, Salih HR. The wolf in sheep’s clothing: Platelet-derived “pseudo self” impairs cancer cell “missing self” recognition by NK cells. Oncoimmunology. 2012 Jul 1;1(4):557-559.
Accompanying paper:
Placke T, Örgel M, Schaller M, Jung G, Rammensee HG, Kopp HG, Salih HR. Platelet-derived MHC class I confers a pseudonormal phenotype to cancer cells that subverts the antitumor reactivity of natural killer immune cells. Cancer Res. 2012 Jan 15;72(2):440-8. Epub 2011 Nov 29.