Interferon signaling in ascites-Associated macrophages is linked to a favorable clinical outcome in a subgroup of ovarian carcinoma patients

BMC Genomics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Adhikary, Till ^a   Wortmann, Annika ^a   Finkernagel, Florian ^a   Lieber, Sonja ^a   Nist, Andrea ^a   Stiewe, Thorsten ^a   Wagner, Uwe ^a   Müller Brüsselbach, Sabine ^a   Reinartz, Silke ^a   Müller, Rolf ^a  

^a Fachbereich Medizin der Universitat Marburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD163; Interferon signaling; Interleukin 10; Interleukin 6; Ovarian cancer ascites; PCOLCE2; Tumor associated macrophages

Indexed keywords

CD163 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; ASCITE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IL12B GENE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PCOLCE2 GENE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; UPREGULATION; ASCITES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ASCITES; BIOMARKERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERONS; MACROPHAGES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOME; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85015881291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3630-9     Document Type: Article

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