Tumor-Infiltrating Foxp3−CD4+CD25+ T Cells Predict Poor Survival in Renal Cell Carcinoma

Sameer Siddiqui, Xavier Frigola, Sandra Bonne-Année, Maria Mercader, Susan M. Kuntz, Amy E. Krambeck, Shomik Sengupta, Haidong Dong, John C. Cheville, Christine M. Lohse,

Clinical Cancer Research · 2007 · 201 citations · 42 references

Abstract

Increased presence of CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) T cells was not significantly associated with RCC death. In contrast, CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(-) T cells, which may represent a unique set of Tregs or activated helper T cells, was significantly associated with outcome.

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