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The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/45885 holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation.
Author: Kersten, K.
Title: Pulling the strings on anti-cancer immunity
Issue Date: 2017-02-07
Pulling the strings on anti-cancer immunity
Kelly Kersten
About the cover:
Based on the research described in this thesis and inspired by the song ‘Master of Puppets’ by Metallica, I envision cancer as a puppet-master restraining the protective function of the immune system. Part of my PhD work has focused on how tumor cells manipulate the function of immune cells to favor their spread throughout the body. In other words, cancer is pulling the strings on anti-cancer immunity to prevent destruction by the immune system. With the recent advances of combinatorial anti-cancer therapies (including immunomodulatory drugs) we can gain back control over the strings on anti-cancer immunity.
Cover design: Kelly Kersten & Tomasz Ahrends Artwork: Tomasz Ahrends
Lay-out: Jasper Koning (koningjj@gmail.com) Printing: Gildeprint, Enschede
ISBN: 978-94-6233-496-0
The printing of the thesis was financially supported by the NKI-AVL.
©2016 by Kelly Kersten. All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission of the author and the publisher holding the copyright of the articles.
The research described in this thesis was performed at the Divisions of Molecular Biology and Immunology of the Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital (NKI-AVL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and was supported by the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF2011-5004) and the European Research Council (InflaMet 615300).
