Open AccessNatural killer cell activity for IFN-gamma production as a supportive diagnostic marker for gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Jongmi Lee,
Ki Hyun Park,
Ji Hyeong Ryu,
Hyun Jin Bae,
AeRan Choi,
Hyeyoung Lee,
Jihyang Lim,
Kyungja Han,
Cho Hyun Park,
Eun Sun Jung,
EunJee Oh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
oncotarget
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.373
H-Index - 127
ISSN - 1949-2553
DOI - 10.18632/oncotarget.19712
Subject(s) - medicine , interferon gamma , cancer , gastroenterology , metastasis , tumor marker , pathology , cytokine , immunology
Decreased Natural killer cell activity (NKA) for interferon-gamma production (NKA-IFNγ) has been reported in cancer patients. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance of NKA-IFNγ for gastric cancer (GC).