Effect of combined epidural anaesthesia on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in lung adenocarcinoma: a prospective exploratory sub-analysis.

M-H LiZ-Z XuS-M HuangT LiX-Y LiDong-Xin Wang

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2018)

For patients undergoing surgery for lung adenocarcinoma under general anesthesia, use of epidural anaesthesia increased CD8+ T cells infiltration but decreased FOXP3+ T cells accumulation in tumor tissues. Epidural anaesthesia may affect TILs in a manner that preserves immune function.

Keyphrases

spinal cord
patients undergoing
minimally invasive
regulatory t cells
gene expression
coronary artery bypass
spinal cord injury
dendritic cells
acute coronary syndrome
coronary artery disease
data analysis