Lung Tissue and Tumour-infiltrating T Lymphocytes in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Moderate/Severe Versus Mild Stage of COPD

Cytotoxic CD8⁺ T cells have been suggested to be key players in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We wanted to investigate the phenotype of lung tissue T lymphocytes (LTL) and tumour-infiltrating T lymphocytes (TIL) in smokers with peripheral non-small cell lung carci...

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