Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Wouter Van Delm
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-47756 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Gut 20150326 6
<h4>Objective</h4>Cancer immunology is a growing field of research whose aim is to develop innovative therapies and diagnostic tests. Starting from the hypothesis that immune cells promptly respond to harmful stimuli, we used peripheral blood monocytes in order to characterise a distinct gene expression profile and to evaluate its potential as a candidate diagnostic biomarker in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), a still unmet clinical need.<h4>Design</h4>We performed a case-control study in ...[more]