CD4+CD25hiCD127low Regulatory T Cells Are Increased in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients

Kue Peng Lim; Nicole Ai Leng Chun; Siti Mazlipah Ismail; Mannil Thomas Abraham; Mohd Nury Yusoff; Rosnah Binti Zain; Wei Cheong Ngeow; Sathibalan Ponniah; Sok Ching Cheong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103975

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CD4⁺CD25^hiCD127^low Regulatory T Cells Are Increased in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients

Kue Peng Lim,

Affiliation Oral Cancer Research Team, Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), 2nd Floor Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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Nicole Ai Leng Chun,

Affiliations Oral Cancer Research Team, Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), 2nd Floor Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, Oral Cancer Research and Coordinating Centre, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Siti Mazlipah Ismail,

Affiliation Department of Oro-Maxillofacial Surgery and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Mannil Thomas Abraham,

Affiliation Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Klang, Malaysia
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Mohd Nury Yusoff,

Affiliation Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Klang, Malaysia
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Rosnah Binti Zain,

Affiliations Oral Cancer Research and Coordinating Centre, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Oro-Maxillofacial Surgery and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Wei Cheong Ngeow,

Affiliation Department of Oro-Maxillofacial Surgery and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Sathibalan Ponniah,

Affiliation Cancer Vaccine Development Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Sok Ching Cheong

* E-mail: sokching.cheong@carif.com.my

Affiliations Oral Cancer Research Team, Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), 2nd Floor Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, Department of Oro-Maxillofacial Surgery and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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CD4⁺CD25^hiCD127^low Regulatory T Cells Are Increased in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients

Kue Peng Lim,
Nicole Ai Leng Chun,
Siti Mazlipah Ismail,
Mannil Thomas Abraham,
Mohd Nury Yusoff,
Rosnah Binti Zain,
Wei Cheong Ngeow,
Sathibalan Ponniah,
Sok Ching Cheong

Published: August 25, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103975

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