Predominance of CD4+ T cells in metastatic cervical lymph nodes in papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Camila Aparecida MomaIcléia Siqueira BarretoLigia Vera Montali AssumpçãoDenise Engelbrecht Zantut-WittmannPublished in: Endocrine connections (2024)
In cervical lymph nodes, the higher frequency of CD4+ T lymphocytes is related to the presence of metastasis. However, there were no differences in lymphocytic subpopulations in the thyroid tumor microenvironment. The absence of changes in unaffected lymph nodes could not predict any tumor behavior.