Unique Spatial Immune Profiling in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma with Enrichment of Exhausted and Senescent T Cells and Diffused CD47-SIRPα Expression.
Alexandros PapalamprosMichail G VailasKonstantinos NtostoglouMaria Lopez ChiloechesStratigoula SakellariouNiki V ChouliariMenelaos G SamarasParaskevi D VeltsistaSofia D P TheodorouAggelos T MargetisAnna BergonziniLysandros KarydakisNatasha HasemakiSophia HavakiIoannis I MoustakasAntonios ChatzigeorgiouTimokratis KaramitrosEleni PatseaChristos KittasAndreas C LazarisEvangelos FelekourasVassilis G GorgoulisTeresa FrisanIoannis S PaterasPublished in: Cancers (2020)
This study reveals the existence of dysfunctional T lymphocytes with specific spatial distribution, thus opening a new dimension both conceptually and mechanistically in tumor-stroma interaction in PDAC with potential impact on the efficacy of immune-regulatory therapeutic modalities.