How melanoma disarms the skin’s natural antitumor defense (IMAGE)

Juntendo University Research Promotion Center

How melanoma disarms the skin’s natural antitumor defense

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LL-37, skins natural defense molecule can restrict growth of aggressive melanoma, whereas melanoma suppresses it using exosomal miRNA.

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Professor François Niyonsaba from Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Atopy (Allergy) Research Center

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