Rapamycin: An anti-cancer immunosuppressant?

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology - Tập 56 Số 1 - Trang 47-60 - 2005
Brian K. Law1
1Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics and the Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100267, R5-136, ARB, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA

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