Differences in systemic immune parameters in individuals with lung cancer according to race.
Mitchell S von ItzsteinJialiang LiuHong Mu-MosleyFarjana FattahJason Y ParkJeffrey A SoRelleJ David FarrarMary E GwinDavid HsiehchenYvonne Gloria-McCutchenEdward K WakelandSuzanne ColeSheena BhallaRadhika KainthlaIgor PuzanovBenjamin SwitzerGregory A DanielsYousef ZakhariaMontaser ShaheenJianjun ZhangYang XieDavid E GerberPublished in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2024)
Black and White patients with lung cancer exhibit several differences in immune parameters, with Black patients exhibiting greater levels of numerous pro-inflammatory cytokines and cell populations. The etiology and clinical significance of these differences warrant further evaluation.