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PD-1+Tim-3+ CD8+ T Lymphocytes Display Varied Degrees of Functional Exhaustion in Patients with Regionally Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.
Cancer immunology research - 1 Jun 2015
Severson Jill J, Serracino Hilary S, Mateescu Valerica, Raeburn Christopher D, McIntyre Robert C, Sams Sharon B, Haugen Bryan R, French Jena D
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Regional metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer (mDTC) provides a unique model in which to study the tumor-immune interface. These lymph node metastases persist for years, generally without progression to distant metastases. Although the immune system likely impedes disease progression, it is unsuccessful in eliminating disease. Our previous studies revealed that programmed death-1 (PD-1)(+) T cells were...
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