Nature Communications (May 2021)

Intratumoral CXCR5+CD8+T associates with favorable clinical outcomes and immunogenic contexture in gastric cancer

  • Jieti Wang,
  • Ruochen Li,
  • Yifan Cao,
  • Yun Gu,
  • Hanji Fang,
  • Yuchao Fei,
  • Kunpeng Lv,
  • Xudong He,
  • Chao Lin,
  • Hao Liu,
  • Heng Zhang,
  • He Li,
  • Hongyong He,
  • Jiejie Xu,
  • Hua Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23356-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The prognostic value of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in gastric cancer remains controversial. Here the authors show a consistent association between higher density of intratumoral CXCR5+CD8+ T cells and longer overall survival in four different cohorts of patients with gastric cancer.