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Table 2 Spearman rank analysis to determine the association between risk score and the levels of 22 TIICs in ESCC tissues

From: Profiles of immune cell infiltration and immune-related genes in the tumor microenvironment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Tumor-infiltrating immune cell

Risk score

Spearman r

p value

B cells memory

0.091

0.417

B cells naive

− 0.164

0.143

Dendritic cells activated

− 0.047

0.674

Dendritic cells resting

0.127

0.259

Eosinophils

− 0.039

0.730

Macrophages M0

− 0.159

0.157

Macrophages M1

0.233

0.036

Macrophages M2

0.391

 < 0.001

Mast cells activated

− 0.172

0.124

Mast cells resting

0.188

0.093

Monocytes

− 0.021

0.852

Neutrophils

0.088

0.436

NK cells activated

0.057

0.616

NK cells resting

− 0.046

0.686

Plasma cells

− 0.265

0.017

T cells CD4 memory activated

0.247

0.026

T cells CD4 memory resting

− 0.178

0.112

T cells CD4 naive

− 0.098

0.384

T cells CD8

0.105

0.349

T cells follicular helper

− 0.114

0.311

T cells gamma delta

− 0.014

0.899

T cells regulatory (Tregs)

− 0.033

0.771

  1. The significant values (p < 0.05) are marked in bold