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Expression of Tim-3 on breast tissue cells and on CTLs in IDC and normal breast or benign lesions.
| Expression of Tim-3 on breast tissue cells | Expression of Tim-3 on CTLs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Patient no. | High (n) | Rate (%) | High (n) | Rate (%) |
| IDC | 150 | 147 | 98 | 135 | 90 |
| Normal breast/benign lesions | 100 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 23 |
| χ2 | 0.195 | 11.11 | |||
| P-value | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||
Tim-3, T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-3; CTL, cytotoxic lymphocyte; IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma.
