CD8A and hepatocellular carcinoma: Similar to CD8+ T cells, decreased infiltration of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) was significantly associated with worse patient survival in HCC (Figure 3A), and a decrease in the infiltration of conventional DCs (cDCs) and activated DCs (aDCs) was more frequent in HCCs with higher 11LNCPS scores (Figure 3B).