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Toshiuki Itaya
Researcher at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Publications - 1
Citations - 992
Toshiuki Itaya is an academic researcher from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Antigen & Cytotoxic T cell. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 987 citations.
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Interleukin-2 production by tumor cells bypasses T helper function in the generation of an antitumor response
Eric R. Fearon,Drew M. Pardoll,Toshiuki Itaya,Paul Golumbek,Hyam I. Levitsky,Jonathan W. Simons,Hajime Karasuyama,Bert Vogelstein,Philip Frost +8 more
TL;DR: These findings demonstrate that the failure of an effective antitumor immune response may be primarily due to a helper arm deficiency of the immune system rather than a paucity of tumor-specific cytotoxic effector cells and outline a novel strategy for augmenting tumor immunity.