title: Immunosurveillance in esophageal carcinoma: The decisive impact of regulatory T cells.
abstract: Neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy of esophageal carcinomas causes a variable degree of depletion of tumor-infiltrating FOXP3+regulatory T cells (Tregs). The frequency of local Tregs in the operative specimens negatively correlates with the pathological response and overall patient survival. These results underscore the importance of immunosurveillance in determining the fate of patients with esophageal cancers treated with radiochemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France; INSERM, U1138, Paris, France; Equipe 11 labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes/Paris V, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie/Paris VI, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vacchelli
authors.affiliation: Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France; INSERM, U1015, Villejuif, France; Center of Clinical Investigations in Biotherapies of Cancer (CICBT) 507, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Semeraro
authors.affiliation: Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France; Department of Medical Oncology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France; Department of Pathology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus , Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dartigues
authors.affiliation: Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France; INSERM, U1015, Villejuif, France; Center of Clinical Investigations in Biotherapies of Cancer (CICBT) 507, Villejuif, France; Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Sud/Paris XI, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zitvogel
authors.affiliation: Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France; INSERM, U1138, Paris, France; Equipe 11 labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes/Paris V, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie/Paris VI, Paris, France; Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France; Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kroemer
keywords: Apoptosis; CTL; Treg ; immunogenic cell death; pattern recognition receptor