Low intratumoral regulatory T cells and high peritumoral CD8+ T cells relate to long-term survival in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma after pancreatectomy

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 73-82

  Liu, Li ^a   Zhao, Guochao ^a   Wu, Wenchuan ^a   Rong, Yefei ^a   Jin, Dayong ^a   Wang, Dansong ^a   Lou, Wenhui ^a   Qin, Xinyu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CD8+ T cells; Pancreatectomy; Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Prognosis; Tregs; Tumor microenvironment

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84953347679     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: 14320851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-015-1775-4     Document Type: Article

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