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Ex-vivo analysis of CD8+ T cells infiltrating colorectal tumors identifies a major effector-memory subset with low perforin content.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Sept 2006
Ye Sheng-Wei, Wang Yu, Valmori Danila, Ayyoub Maha, Han Yan, Xu Xiao-Lan, Zhao Ai-Lian, Qu Li, Gnjatic Sacha, Ritter Gerd, Old Lloyd J, Gu Jin
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have indicated that the infiltration of CD8+ T cells in colorectal cancer is an independent predictor of increased survival but clinical observations have suggested that the cytotoxic function of CD8+ T cells infiltrating colorectal cancer may often be limited. In this study, we have assessed the phenotype of colorectal cancer CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) isolated ex vivo from tumor...
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