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All of the following are examples of how tumors or the microenvironment in which they develop suppress immune responses except _____. |
a. induction of T-cell anergy |
b. peptide splicing of self proteins |
c. cleavage of MIC glycoproteins from tumor-cell surfaces |
d. TGF-β-induced recruitment of regulatory T cells |
e. release of TGF-β and IL-10 by regulatory T cells. |
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