METHODS AND ASSAY KITS FOR DETECTING MONONUCLEAR CELL PHENOTYPE

摘要

A method for screening for a pro-tumor immune response according to the present invention, the method comprises: (a) contacting a clinical sample with one or more detector molecules for detecting, and then determining the amount of, mononuclear cell phenotype in the sample; and (b) comparing the amount of mononuclear cell phenotype determined in the sample to a reference value for the mononuclear cell phenotype; wherein a significant difference in the amount of mononuclear cell phenotype determined as compared to the reference value may be an indicator of the presence of a pro-tumor immune response. Also provided are assay kits for determining an amount of mononuclear cell phenotype in a clinical sample.