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Infiltrating immune cells and gene mutations in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
The British journal of surgery - 1 Aug 2016
Wang W-Q, Liu L, Xu H-X, Wu C-T, Xiang J-F, Xu J, Liu C, Long J, Ni Q-X, Yu X-J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the immune profile within the microenvironment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), and to investigate the prognostic value of intratumoral infiltrating immune/inflammatory cells (IICs) in patients after surgery. METHODS: Eighteen phenotypic markers representing 11 types of IIC and the protein products of genes TP53, CDKN2A/p16 and SMAD4/DPC4 were assessed by...
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