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MeSH Heading: Tumor Escape
Tree Number(s): G12.900
Unique ID: D019139
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019139
Annotation: entry term IMMUNE EVASION, TUMOR: IMMUNE EVASION is also available
Scope Note: The ability of tumors to evade destruction by the IMMUNE SYSTEM. Theories concerning possible mechanisms by which this takes place involve both cellular immunity (IMMUNITY, CELLULAR) and humoral immunity (ANTIBODY FORMATION), and also costimulatory pathways related to CD28 ANTIGENS and B7-1 ANTIGEN.
Entry Term(s): Immune Escape, Tumor; Immune Evasion, Tumor; Tumor Immune Evasion
See Also: Antigenic Modulation; Immune Tolerance
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/05
Revision Date: 2020/02/05

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Concept UI: M0028536
Scope Note: The ability of tumors to evade destruction by the IMMUNE SYSTEM. Theories concerning possible mechanisms by which this takes place involve both cellular immunity (IMMUNITY, CELLULAR) and humoral immunity (ANTIBODY FORMATION), and also costimulatory pathways related to CD28 ANTIGENS and B7-1 ANTIGEN.
Terms: Tumor Escape Preferred Term
Term UI T057096
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Immune Escape, Tumor
Term UI T481140
Date02/07/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Tumor Immune Evasion
Term UI T752330
Date06/05/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Immune Evasion, Tumor
Term UI T752331
Date06/05/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010)

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