Increased prevalence of tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells is closely related to their lower sensitivity to H2O2-induced apoptosis in gastric and esophageal cancer

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-170

  Izawa, Shinichirou ^a   Mimura, Kousaku ^a,b   Watanabe, Mitsuaki ^a   Maruyama, Takanori ^a   Kawaguchi, Yoshihiko ^a   Fujii, Hideki ^a   Kono, Koji ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Foxp3; Gastric cancer; Hydrogen peroxide; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MALE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84872490374     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: 14320851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-012-1327-0     Document Type: Article

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