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SUBMITTER: Kubota K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5431876 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kubota Keigo K Moriyama Masafumi M Furukawa Sachiko S Rafiul Haque A S M HASM Maruse Yasuyuki Y Jinno Teppei T Tanaka Akihiko A Ohta Miho M Ishiguro Noriko N Yamauchi Masaaki M Sakamoto Mizuki M Maehara Takashi T Hayashida Jun-Nosuke JN Kawano Shintaro S Kiyoshima Tamotsu T Nakamura Seiji S
Scientific reports 20170511 1
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) promote cancer cell proliferation, invasion, and metastasis by producing various mediators. Although preclinical studies demonstrated that TAMs preferentially express CD163 and CD204, the TAM subsets in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remain unknown. In this study, we examined the expression and role of TAM subsets in OSCC. Forty-six patients with OSCC were analyzed for expression of TAMs in biopsy samples by immunohistochemistry. We examined TAM subsets a ...[more]