Mayo 诊所研究员发现一种分子--B7-H1 --可以担当“装甲分子”, 保护肾脏肿瘤不受免疫系统攻击。它的保护使肾脏细胞癌增长和传播。肾脏细胞癌是肾癌的最常见形式, 迄今无法治疗。研究结果发表在目前的<<癌症>>网络版上。

Molecule Allowing Cancer To Spread Discovered

Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that a molecule -- B7-H1 -- may serve as “molecular armor,” protecting kidney cancer tumors and repelling assaults by the immune system. Its protection enables renal cell carcinoma to grow and to spread. Renal cell carcinoma is the most common form of kidney cancer and has no cure. The findings appear in the current online edition of Cancer