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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023

PD-L1, CD4+, and CD8+ Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) Expression Profiles in Melanoma Tumor Microenvironment Cells.

Bogdan Marian Caraban, Elena Matei, Georgeta Camelia Cozaru, Mariana Aşchie, Mariana Deacu, Manuela Enciu, Gabriela Izabela Bălţătescu, Anca Chisoi, Nicolae Dobrin, Lucian Petcu and 5 more

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Exploring the immune landscape of melanoma of the lower female genital tract.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026
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  6. Tumor Microenvironment in Melanoma-Characteristic and Clinical Implications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bogdan Marian CarabanFaculty of Medicine, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900470 Constanta, Romania.
Elena MateiCenter for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-8554-7739
Georgeta Camelia CozaruCenter for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Mariana AşchieCenter for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Mariana DeacuFaculty of Medicine, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900470 Constanta, Romania.
Manuela EnciuFaculty of Medicine, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900470 Constanta, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-3206-7280
Gabriela Izabela BălţătescuCenter for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-1910-9797
Anca ChisoiCenter for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Nicolae DobrinClinical Service of Pathology, "Sf. Apostol Andrei" Emergency County Hospital, 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Lucian PetcuDental Medicine Faculty, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900470 Constanta, Romania.
Emma GheorgheFaculty of Medicine, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900470 Constanta, Romania.
Laurențiu-Tony HanganFaculty of Medicine, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900470 Constanta, Romania.
Mihai Cătălin RoșuCenter for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Cristian Ionuț OrasanuCenter for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8039-3200
Antonela-Anca NicolauCenter for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-8998-2332
Ovidius University · ROClinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest · RO

Funding

Ovidius University from Constanta, Romania 06/November 14th, 2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Because melanoma is an aggressive tumor with an unfavorable prognosis, we aimed to characterize the PD-L1 expression in melanomas in association with T cell infiltrates because PD-1/PD-L1 blockade represents the target in treating melanoma strategy. (2) Methods: The immunohistochemical manual quantitative methods of PD-L1, CD4, and CD8 TILs were performed in melanoma tumor microenvironment cells. (3) Results: Most of the PD-L1 positive, expressing tumors, have a moderate score of CD4+ TILs and CD8+TILs (5-50% of tumor area) in tumoral melanoma environment cells. The PD-L1 expression in TILs was correlated with different degrees of lymphocytic infiltration described by the Clark system (X

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CD4+CD8+melanoma tumor microenvironment cellsPD-L1tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

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