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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

HLA-DR⁺ Tumor Cells Show an Association with a Distinct Immune Microenvironment and CD8⁺ T-Cell Exhaustion in HBV-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Jun-Qing Chang, Yan Guo, Wen-Jing Yuan, Yu-Man Chen, Bo-Wei Liu, Wen-Tao Li, Xiang-Ming Ding, Xu-Dong Fu, Yu-Han Lou, Zhuo-Ran Chen and 8 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. 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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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Jun-Qing ChangDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital; Xinxiang Medical University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Yan GuoDepartment of Oncology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Wen-Jing YuanDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital; Xinxiang Medical University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Yu-Man ChenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, People's Hospital of Henan University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Bo-Wei LiuDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital; Xinxiang Medical University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Wen-Tao LiDepartment of Breast Surgery, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Xiang-Ming DingDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital; Xinxiang Medical University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Xu-Dong FuDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital; Xinxiang Medical University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Yu-Han LouDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng, 475001, China.
Zhuo-Ran ChenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henan No.3 Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450006, China.
Xiao-Ying LuoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital; Xinxiang Medical University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Song-Ze DingDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital; Xinxiang Medical University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Bing-Yong ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital; Xinxiang Medical University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Xiu-Ling LiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital; Xinxiang Medical University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Yong-Zhi HongDepartment of General Surgery, Susong County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Susong, 246501, China.
Shun-Dong CangDepartment of Oncology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Dong-Xiao LiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital; Xinxiang Medical University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.
Ling LanDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital; Xinxiang Medical University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-4545

Funding

Health Commission of Henan Province SBGJ202102043National Natural Science Foundation of China 30900598National Natural Science Foundation of China 81872420National Natural Science Foundation of China 82372896
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with hepatitis B virus (HBV) as a major driver. Despite the pivotal role of viral infections in shaping the tumor microenvironment (TME), the mechanistic differences among HBV-, hepatitis C virus (HCV)-, and non-B non-C (NBNC)-associated HCC remain poorly understood. By integrating the largest publicly available single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) dataset of HCC (160 samples from 124 patients) with multi-scale protein-level validation using multiplex immunofluorescence and tissue microarrays (198 HCC specimens), HLA-DR⁺ tumor cells are identified as a distinctive feature of HBV

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHepatitis BHLA-DR AntigensLiver NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentFemaleHepatitis B virusHumansMaleT-Cell ExhaustionHLA-DR Antigenshepatitis B virushepatocellular carcinomaHLA‐DR⁺ tumor cellsimmunosuppressivetumor microenvironment

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PMID40464412
PMCPMC12376660

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