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. 2017 Apr 12;10:2097–2106. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S124008

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Escaping immune surveillance.

Notes: T-cells in the immune system recognize and eliminate immunogenic transformed cells. However, some cells do not express enough neoantigens to be recognized by the immune system, while others express ligands for checkpoint receptors on T-cells to terminate the immune response.