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Phenotypical change of tumor-associated macrophages in metastatic lesions of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
Medical molecular morphology - 1 Mar 2018
Motoshima Takanobu, Miura Yuji, Wakigami Nanako, Kusada Natsuki, Takano Toshimi, Inoshita Naoko, Okaneya Toshikazu, Sugiyama Yutaka, Kamba Tomomi, Takeya Motohiro, Komohara Yoshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Macrophages are the main immune cells of the tumor microenvironment in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). A high density of CD163+ or CD204+ tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), rather than the density of total TAMs, is known to be linked to poor clinical outcome. In the present study, we investigated the phenotypical differences between the paired primary and metastatic lesions in ccRCC cases. Using...
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