An active immunosuppressive pathway is identified in colon cancer that confers immune evasion by the cancer and can be targeted to synergize with immunotherapies.
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Marçais, A., Walzer, T. An immunosuppressive pathway for tumor progression. Nat Med 24, 260–261 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.4508
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