Decreased Anti-Tumor Cytotoxic Immunity among Microsatellite-Stable Colon Cancers from African Americans
Basa R, Davies V, Li X, Murali B, Shah J, Yang B, Li S, Khan M, Tian M, Tejada R, Hassan A, Washington A, Mukherjee B, Carethers J, McGuire K. Decreased Anti-Tumor Cytotoxic Immunity among Microsatellite-Stable Colon Cancers from African Americans. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0156660. PMID: 27310868, PMCID: PMC4911070, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156660.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGranzyme B+ cellsColorectal cancerCytotoxic immunityB+ cellsAnti-tumor cytotoxic T lymphocytesColon cancerMicrosatellite-stable colon cancerCytotoxic T lymphocytesIL-17 expressionWilcoxon rank sum testProtection to patientsAfrican American colorectal cancerRank sum testTwo-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum testCD57+CD8+Invasive borderCytotoxic markersNo significant differenceT lymphocytesColon tumorsDescriptive summary statisticsImmune biomarkersTumor samplesImmune cytotoxicity