Immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment of usual interstitial pneumonia-associated squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.
Takuya UedaKeiju AokageHiroyoshi NishikawaShinya NeriHiroshi NakamuraMasato SuganoKenta TaneTomohiro MiyoshiMotohiro KojimaSatoshi FujiiTakeshi KuwataAtsushi OchiaiMasahiko KusumotoKenji SuzukiMasahiro TsuboiGenichiro IshiiPublished in: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (2018)
Our current study clearly revealed that the establishment of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment is a characteristic feature of UIP-associated SqCC, which can be correlated with poor prognosis in UIP-associated SqCC.