The distribution characteristics of PD-1 pathway-related immune cells in esophageal cancer tissue and their prognostic significance

Dehua Kong; Chunyan Gao; Yang Yu; Lu Yang; Ji Ma; Shimin Tang; Ying Mao; Yong Li; Na Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0325349

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The distribution characteristics of PD-1 pathway-related immune cells in esophageal cancer tissue and their prognostic significance

Dehua Kong ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dehua Kong, Chunyan Gao, Yang Yu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Suining Central Hospital, Suining City, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4899-0808

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Chunyan Gao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dehua Kong, Chunyan Gao, Yang Yu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Hematology, Shenzhen Pingshan District Central Hospital, Shenzhen City, China
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Yang Yu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dehua Kong, Chunyan Gao, Yang Yu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Suining Central Hospital, Suining City, China
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Lu Yang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Suining Central Hospital, Suining City, China
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Ji Ma,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Suining Central Hospital, Suining City, China
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Shimin Tang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Suining Central Hospital, Suining City, China
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Ying Mao,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Suining Central Hospital, Suining City, China
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Yong Li ,

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation

* E-mail: lny2008hy@163.com; 1500921245@qq.com

Affiliation Department of Radiological Imaging, Suining Central Hospital, Suining City, China.
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Na Li

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

* E-mail: lny2008hy@163.com; 1500921245@qq.com

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Suining Central Hospital, Suining City, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5504-4874

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The distribution characteristics of PD-1 pathway-related immune cells in esophageal cancer tissue and their prognostic significance

Dehua Kong,
Chunyan Gao,
Yang Yu,
Lu Yang,
Ji Ma,
Shimin Tang,
Ying Mao,
Yong Li,
Na Li

Published: June 30, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325349

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