Intra-tumour IgA1 is common in cancer and is correlated with poor prognosis in bladder cancer.

A high frequency of IgA1-positive tumour cells was found in tissue micro-arrays of oesophagus, colon, testis, lung, breast, bladder and ovarian cancer. IgA1 was observed in the cytoplasm and the plasma membrane. A correlation was found between intra-tumour IgA1 and poor overall survival in a large c...

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Published in:	Heliyon
Main Authors:	Charlotte Welinder, Karin Jirström, Sophie Lehn, Björn Nodin, György Marko-Varga, Ola Blixt, Lena Danielsson, Bo Jansson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016-08-01
Subjects:	Medicine
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844016303693