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From: T-cell metagene predicts a favorable prognosis in estrogen receptor-negative and HER2-positive breast cancers

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Verification of microarray results by histological examination. (a) Example of the verification of lymphocytic infiltration by immunohistochemistry (Frankfurt dataset). Consecutive sections of a tumor sample with high expression of both IgG and lymphocyte-specific kinase (LCK) metagenes stained with antibodies against either CD20 or CD3 to detect B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes, respectively. (b) Validation of the correlation of immune-system-related metagenes and lymphocytic infiltration in independent data. Expression of different metagenes compared with pathological information on lymphocytic infiltration (LI score) from the London dataset (Desmedt and colleagues [26], n = 35). P values determined using the Kruskal–Wallis H test. STAT1, signal transducer and activator of transcription 1.

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