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We investigated 211 cases of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GBC<\/jats:styled-content>, 21 cases of chronic cholecystitis (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CC<\/jats:styled-content>), and 11 cases of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">XGC<\/jats:styled-content>) using immunohistochemistry to detect tissue\u2010infiltrating immune cells and their expression of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BTLA<\/jats:styled-content> and Cbl\u2010b, and carried out correlation and survival analyses. The density of infiltrating T cells was significantly higher in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CC<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">XGC<\/jats:styled-content> than in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GBC<\/jats:styled-content>. The density ratio of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BTLA<\/jats:styled-content><jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> cells to <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> T cells (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BTLA<\/jats:styled-content>\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8) and that of Cbl\u2010b<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> cells to <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>T cells (Cbl\u2010b\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8) were significantly higher in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GBC<\/jats:styled-content> than in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CC<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">XGC<\/jats:styled-content>. 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Survival analyses revealed that a lower density of tumor\u2010infiltrating <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> cells, and higher Foxp3\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>4, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BTLA<\/jats:styled-content>\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8, and Cbl\u2010b\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8 ratios were significantly associated with shorter overall survival and disease\u2010free survival in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GBC<\/jats:styled-content> patients. Multivariate analyses showed that M factor, perineural invasion, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BTLA<\/jats:styled-content>\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8, and Cbl\u2010b\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8 were closely associated with shorter overall survival. 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