The clinical significance of the CD163+ and CD68+ macrophages in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Our previous study has found that the abundance of peritumoral CD68(+) macrophages was associated with poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after resection. However, CD68 staining could not discriminate the protumoral or tumoricidal subpopulations from pan-macrophages. CD163 is a marker...

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Main Authors: Ling-Qun Kong, Xiao-Dong Zhu, Hua-Xiang Xu, Ju-Bo Zhang, Lu Lu, Wen-Quan Wang, Qiang-Bo Zhang, Wei-Zhong Wu, Lu Wang, Jia Fan, Zhao-You Tang, Hui-Chuan Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3612077?pdf=render