Markers of immune activation: novel biomarkers to predict the early-warning indicator of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Hongsheng LuLihong ZhangYuechu DaiYanyun RuanXuequan CaoXiaobo CaiSihan RuanQi Chen

Published in: Diagnostic pathology (2020)

These results indicated that CD8+CD38+ might act as a biomarker of PTC lymph node metastasis. The combination of CD8+HLA-DR+, CD8+CD38+ and TNF-α can be used as useful biomarkers for the early-warning indicator of PTC.

Keyphrases

lymph node metastasis
squamous cell carcinoma
papillary thyroid
rheumatoid arthritis
lymph node
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