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. 2019 Sep 6;10:2043. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02043

Table 1.

Immune escape mechanisms.

Tumor Microenvironment Periphery
HLA I ↓ Suppressive cytokines ↑ CTL frequency and function ↓
HLA-G/-E ↑ Suppressive metabolites ↑ NK cells, frequency, and function ↓
IFN signaling ↓ pH ↓ DCs, frequency and function ↓
Oncogenic signaling ↑ Hypoxia ↑ TAN, TAM ↑
iCP ↑ Microbiome Treg, frequency ↑
Metabolism ↑ MDSC, frequency ↑

upregulation, ↓ downregulation.