Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 1 pp 502—517
CXCL9 chemokine promotes the progression of human pancreatic adenocarcinoma through STAT3-dependent cytotoxic T lymphocyte suppression
Figure 3. Suppression of CD8+ cytotoxic T cells was responsible for the tumour-promoting effect of CXCL9. (A) showed the correlation between survival of PAAD with the pattern expression of different immune cells; (B) showed that the adoptive transfer of CD8+ cytotoxic T cells successfully increased the peripheral and intratumoral CD8+ cytotoxic T cells in orthotopic murine PAAD model; (C) showed that adoptive T cells transfer suppressed the tumour progression induced by CXCL9; (D) showed that the increased luciferin signals by CXCL9 were inhibited by adoptive transfer of CD8+ T cells; (E) showed that adoptive transfer of CD8+ cytotoxic T cells reduces tumour weight of PAAD in CXCL9-treated mice. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001 when compared with CXCL9 group.