PD-L1, Galectin-9 and CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes are associated with survival in hepatocellular carcinoma

OncoImmunology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Sideras, Kostandinos ^a   Biermann, Katharina ^a   Verheij, Joanne ^b   Takkenberg, Bart R ^b   Mancham, Shanta ^a   Hansen, Bettina E ^a   Schutz, Hannah M ^a   de Man, Robert A ^a   Sprengers, Dave ^a   Buschow, Sonja I ^a   Verseput, Maddy C M ^a   Boor, Patrick P C ^a   Pan, Qiuwei ^a   van Gulik, Thomas M ^b   Terkivatan, Turkan ^a   Ijzermans, Jan N M ^a   Beuers, Ulrich H W ^b   Sleijfer, Stefan ^c   Bruno, Marco J ^a   Kwekkeboom, Jaap ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MC CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Galectin 9; hepatocellular carcinoma; HVEM; IDO; PD L1; tissue microarrays; tumor infiltrating lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; ECALECTIN; HERPESVIRUS ENTRY MEDIATOR; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1;

ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE;

EID: 85012041427     PISSN: 21624011     EISSN: 2162402X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2162402X.2016.1273309     Document Type: Article

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