Abstract
The tumour immune microenvironment is considered to influence cancer behaviour and outcome. Using a panel of markers for innate and adaptive immune cells we set out to characterise and understand the bladder tumour microenvironment of 114 patients from a prospective multicentre cohort of newly-diagnosed bladder cancer patients, followed-up for 4.33 +/- 1.71 years. We found IL-17-positive cells were significantly increased in primary and concomitant carcinoma in situ (CIS), p
Original language | English |
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Article number | 0184841 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | PLOS ONE |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Sept 2017 |
Keywords
- BACILLUS-CALMETTE-GUERIN
- CARCINOMA IN-SITU
- COLORECTAL-CANCER
- IL-17
- PROGRESSION
- RECURRENCE
- EXPRESSION
- CYTOKINES
- INFLAMMATION
- PSORIASIS