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Preferential accumulation of regulatory T cells with highly immunosuppressive characteristics in breast tumor microenvironment.
Oncotarget - 16 May 2017
Syed Khaja Azharuddin Sajid, Toor Salman M, El Salhat Haytham, Faour Issam, Ul Haq Navid, Ali Bassam R, Elkord Eyad
Abstract excerpt
Immunosuppressive cells such as regulatory T cells (Tregs) have an ambiguous role in breast cancer prognosis, with studies reporting both positive and negative correlations between Treg infiltration and prognosis. This discrepancy could be due to the different immunosuppressive molecules present in these cells. In the present study, we phenotypically characterize different Treg subsets infiltrating the tumor...
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