Prognostic value of the CD4+/CD8+ ratio of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes in colorectal cancer and HLA-DR expression on tumour cells

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 423-428

  Diederichsen, Axel C P ^a   Hjelmborg, J V B ^a   Christensen, Per B ^b   Zeuthen, Jesper ^d   Fenge, Claus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Funen Hospital   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NONE

Author keywords

CD4+ CD8+ ratio; Colorectal cancer; HLA class II; Survival rate; Tumour infiltrating lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038236541     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-003-0388-5     Document Type: Article

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