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Fig. 6 | Journal of Translational Medicine

Fig. 6

From: TNF-α-induced Tim-3 expression marks the dysfunction of infiltrating natural killer cells in human esophageal cancer

Fig. 6

Tim-3+ NK cells are significantly associated with pathological parameters for poor prognosis in patients with primary esophageal cancer. The frequency of NK cells according to tumor invasion, lymph node metastasis and pathological stage in PBMC (a) and TIL (b), respectively. The frequency of Tim-3+ NK cells according to tumor invasion, lymph node metastasis and pathological stage in PBMC (c) and TIL (d), respectively. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ns, not significant

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