More information: Tadahito Yasuda et al, Inflammation-driven senescence-associated secretory phenotype in cancer-associated fibroblasts enhances peritoneal dissemination, Cell Reports (2021).

The proportion of T cells of each subpopulation (CD3 +, CD3 + CD4 + or CD3 + CD8 +) was determined as a percent of the total nucleated cell fraction in the peritoneal fluid.

Peritoneal mesothelial cells are not inactive cells, but play essential roles in peritoneal homeostasis and synthesize a plethora of cytokines, growth factors, proteases, and matrix proteins.

Examination of the blood disclosed anemia, with a packed red-cell volume of 25 per cent, leukocytosis and a marked shift to the left, with a white-cell count of 75,000 and a reticulocytosis of 6.6 ...