Fluorescence microscopy imaging to study immunosuppressants in melanoma. (VIDEO)

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)

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On the left melanoma cells (in green) can be seen surviving in the presence of cytotoxic lymphocytes (red), when they express one of these immunosuppressive proteins. If this protein is inactivated or lost, the lymphocytes attack the tumor cells and so the latter end up disappearing from the image.

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CNIO Microenvironment and Metastasis Group.

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