C-Reactive Protein Is an Indicator of the Immunosuppressive Microenvironment Fostered by Myeloid Cells in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
BackgroundC-reactive protein (CRP) is a widely used marker of systemic inflammation and predicts poor clinical outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, its significance in the local immune response at the tumor site is not clear.MethodsSerum CRP levels of 329 HCC patients w...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Oncology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.774823/full |