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High PD-L1 expression predicts poor prognosis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

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This work was supported by grants from the China Doctoral Program Fund (Doctoral Advisor, 20130001110090) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81500118, 61501519).

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LF, XYK, and JLS conceived the study, participated in its design and coordination, and collected data. ZHC mainly participated in statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript. YFD and JW were mainly responsible for the collection of literature.

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Correspondence to Jinlong Shi, Xiaoyan Ke or Lin Fu.

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All data in this study were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database (GEO, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo, GSE10846). We did not involve direct interaction with patients. So, this study did not involve ethics approval and consent to participate.

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Cheng, Z., Dai, Y., Wang, J. et al. High PD-L1 expression predicts poor prognosis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Ann Hematol 97, 1085–1088 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-018-3266-0

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