Prognostic significance of the programmed death ligand 1 expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and correlation with the tumor microenvironment and hypoxia-inducible factor expression
Abstract Background Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common renal malignancy. Hypoxia-inducible factors, HIF-1α and HIF-2α, are expressed in the majority of ccRCC. Targeting immune checkpoints with the blockade of PD-1 and its ligand PD-L1 reorganizes T-cell activity in tumor micr...
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BMC
2018-08-01
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Schriftenreihe: | Diagnostic Pathology |
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Online Zugang: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-018-0742-8 |