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Table 1 Summary of the immunohistochemical staining of IL-17 in breast cancer

From: IL-17 expression by breast-cancer-associated macrophages: IL-17 promotes invasiveness of breast cancer cell lines

Grade (number of patients)

Inflammatory infiltrate

IL-17-positive cells

Lymph-node-positive

Lymph vascular invasion

Grade III (n = 15)

4+, 3++

8

7 (4)

7 (5)

Grade II (n = 4)

1++

0

2

2

Total (n = 19)

8

8

9 (4)

9 (5)

  1. Paraffin-embedded sections from 19 patients were stained and analysed. +, mild inflammation; ++, dense inflammation. Data in parentheses are IL-17-positive cells.
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Breast Cancer Research

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