High-dimensional single cell analysis identifies stemlike cytotoxic CD8+T cells infiltrating human tumors

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 215, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 2520-2535

  Brummelman, Jolanda ^a   Mazza, Emilia M C ^a   Alvisi, Giorgia ^a   Colombo, Federico S ^a   Grilli, Andrea ^b,c   Mikulak, Joanna ^a,c   Mavilio, Domenico ^a,c   Alloisio, Marco ^a   Ferrari, Francesco ^d   Lopci, Egesta ^a   Novellis, Pierluigi ^a   Veronesi, Giulia ^a   Lugli, Enrico ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; CXCR5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HAVCR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HEPATITIS A VIRUS CELLULAR RECEPTOR 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; TIGIT PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS CELLULAR RECEPTOR 2; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; STEM CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR SUPERFAMILY, MEMBER 7;

EID: 85054069454     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/JEM.20180684     Document Type: Article

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