Infiltration of Alternatively Activated Macrophages in Cancer Tissue Is Associated with MDSC and Th2 Polarization in Patients with Esophageal Cancer

• Jingjing Gao ,

  ¶These authors are co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Immunology, School of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, P. R. China, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, P. R. China

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• Yumin Wu ,

  ¶These authors are co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, P. R. China

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• Zhaoliang Su,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, P. R. China

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• Prince Amoah Barnie,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, P. R. China

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• Zhijun Jiao,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, P. R. China

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• Qingli Bie,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, P. R. China

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• Liwei Lu,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P. R. China

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• Shengjun Wang ,

  * E-mail: xuhx@ujs.edu.cn (HX); sjwjs@ujs.edu.cn (SW)

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, P. R. China

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• Huaxi Xu

  * E-mail: xuhx@ujs.edu.cn (HX); sjwjs@ujs.edu.cn (SW)

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, P. R. China

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