학술논문
Intratumoural immune heterogeneity as a hallmark of tumour evolution and progression in hepatocellular carcinoma
Document Type
article
Author
Phuong H. D. Nguyen; Siming Ma; Cheryl Z. J. Phua; Neslihan A. Kaya; Hannah L. H. Lai; Chun Jye Lim; Jia Qi Lim; Martin Wasser; Liyun Lai; Wai Leong Tam; Tony K. H. Lim; Wei Keat Wan; Tracy Loh; Wei Qiang Leow; Yin Huei Pang; Chung Yip Chan; Ser Yee Lee; Peng Chung Cheow; Han Chong Toh; Florent Ginhoux; Shridhar Iyer; Alfred W. C. Kow; Yock Young Dan; Alexander Chung; Brian K. P. Goh; Salvatore Albani; Pierce K. H. Chow; Weiwei Zhai; Valerie Chew
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
Intratumoural heterogeneity is a feature of liver cancer. Here, the authors demonstrate that heterogeneity exists at the immune cell level in liver cancer and show that tumours with high intratumoural immune heterogeneity demonstrated an immune suppressive microenvironment, which was associated with tumour evolution and a poor prognosis.