1.0Center for Inherited Oncogenesishttps://wp.uthscsa.edu/ciorich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="SAvgQXD7BM"><a href="https://wp.uthscsa.edu/cio/research/tumorigenesis/">Which Immune Elements Constitute a Microenvironment Permissive for Tumorigenesis?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://wp.uthscsa.edu/cio/research/tumorigenesis/embed/#?secret=SAvgQXD7BM" width="600" height="338" title="“Which Immune Elements Constitute a Microenvironment Permissive for Tumorigenesis?” — Center for Inherited Oncogenesis" data-secret="SAvgQXD7BM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://wp.uthscsa.edu/cio/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> [vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]A permissive immune microenvironment is required for inherited genetic variants to result in cancer development. Germline genetics can also impact immune function to modify cancer risk. Therefore, at the CIO we are studying the changes in immune function that occur at the earliest stages of ovarian cancer development, contrasting immune composition and function in […]