Prognostic Significance of Interleukin-8 and CD163-Positive Cell-Infiltration in Tumor Tissues in Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Yohei Fujita; Masato Okamoto; Hiroyuki Goda; Tomoyuki Tano; Koh-ichi Nakashiro; Atsuro Sugita; Tomonobu Fujita; Shigeo Koido; Sadamu Homma; Yutaka Kawakami; Hiroyuki Hamakawa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110378

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Prognostic Significance of Interleukin-8 and CD163-Positive Cell-Infiltration in Tumor Tissues in Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Yohei Fujita,

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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Masato Okamoto ,

* E-mail: okamotom@pharm.kitasato-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Advanced Immunotherapeutics, Kitasato University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hiroyuki Goda,

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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Tomoyuki Tano,

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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Koh-ichi Nakashiro,

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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Atsuro Sugita,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ehime University Hospital, Ehime, Japan
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Tomonobu Fujita,

Affiliation Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Shigeo Koido,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Sadamu Homma,

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Institute of DNA Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yutaka Kawakami,

Affiliation Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hiroyuki Hamakawa

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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Prognostic Significance of Interleukin-8 and CD163-Positive Cell-Infiltration in Tumor Tissues in Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Yohei Fujita,
Masato Okamoto,
Hiroyuki Goda,
Tomoyuki Tano,
Koh-ichi Nakashiro,
Atsuro Sugita,
Tomonobu Fujita,
Shigeo Koido,
Sadamu Homma,
Yutaka Kawakami

Published: December 2, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110378

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