Znaczenie prognostyczne komórek immunokompetentnych naciekających guzy nowotworowe w rakach narządu płciowego

• Authors: Sznurkowski Jacek J.

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Prognostic signifi cance of tumor infi ltrating lymphocytes in gynecologic cancers

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

An interesting field of research in tumor immunology are T-lymphocytes and NK-cells in the area directly adjacent to tumor, i.e. tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). An important indicator of immune control of cancer cells is the correlation between intensity of TIL infiltrate and clinical course of the disease. The aim of this paper is a review of particular types of immunocompetent cell infiltrating the tumor and a review of English literature as to data concerning prognostic significance of TIL subpopulations in ovarian, endometrial, cervical and vulvar cancer. Material and method: the PubMed database was searched using key words: CD8+, CD4+, FOXP3+, CD57+, CD56+, NK, combined with phrases: cervical cancer, vulvar cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer and prognosis. Results: Most important TILs include cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, mostly represented by the CD8+ population, helper T-lymphocytes, designed as CD4+ cells, regulatory lymphocytes Treg, where the most specific maker is transcription regulator forkhead box P3(FOXP3), and NK/NKT cells (naturalkiller/natural killer T-lymphocytes), identified by CD56 and CD57. A close correlation was found between patients’ survival and intensity of infiltrate by CD8+ cells and indicators CD8+/FOXP3+, CD8+/CD4+ and ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer and cervical cancer. An exception to this is vulvar cancer, where CD8+, CD4+ and FOXP3+ have no prognostic significance. Conclusions: Severity of local cytolysis of tumors and inhibition of immunosuppressive activity of regulator cells may be used in future therapeutic strategies in patients with ovarian, endometrial and cervical cancer. In vulvar cancer we should rather focus on non-specific immune response for tumor control.

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W immunologii nowotworów szczególną uwagę zwraca się na limfocyty T i komórki NK z bezpośredniego otoczenia guza, tzw. limfocyty naciekające guz, czyli komórki TILs (tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes). Ważnym dowodem na nadzór układu odpornościowego nad komórkami raka jest korelacja pomiędzy intensywnością nacieków komórek TILs a przebiegiem choroby. Celem pracy było scharakteryzowanie poszczególnych typów komórek immunokompetentnych, które mogą uczestniczyć w naciekaniu guzów nowotworowych, oraz przeanalizowanie publikacji anglojęzycznych pod kątem danych dotyczących znaczenia prognostycznego subpopulacji TILs w raku jajnika, trzonu macicy, szyjki oraz sromu. Materiał i metoda: Baza PubMed została przeszukana przy użyciu słów kluczowych: CD8+, CD4+, FOXP3+, CD57+, CD56+, NK w połączeniu z frazami: cervical cancer, vulvar cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer oraz ze słowem prognosis. Wyniki: Do najważniejszych TILs należą cytotoksyczne limfocyty T, w większości reprezentowane w badaniach przez populację komórek CD8+, pomocnicze limfocyty T, oznaczane jako komórki CD4+, limfocyty regulatorowe Tregs, dla których najbardziej specyficznym markerem jest regulator transkrypcji forkhead box P3 (FOXP3), oraz komórki NK/NKT (natural killer/natural killer T lymphocytes), identyfikowane za pomocą CD56 i CD57. W raku jajnika, endometrium oraz szyjki macicy wykazano silny związek pomiędzy czasem przeżycia pacjentów a intensywnością nacieków z komórek CD8+ oraz wskaźnikami CD8+/FOXP3+, CD8+/CD4+. Wyjątek stanowi rak sromu, w którym komórki CD8+, CD4+, FOXP3+ nie posiadały znaczenia prognostycznego. Wnioski: Nasilanie lokalnej cytolizy guzów, a także hamowanie immunosupresyjnego działania komórek regulatorowych może być w przyszłości wykorzystane w strategiach terapeutycznych w raku jajnika, endometrium oraz szyjki macicy. W raku sromu należy ocenić udział komórek nieswoistej odpowiedzi immunologicznej w zwalczaniu guzów nowotworowych.

Keywords

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CD4+; CD8+; NK; TIL; TILs; cervical cancer; endometrial cancer; ovarian cancer; prognosis; prognoza; rak jajnika; rak sromu; rak szyjki; rak trzonu macicy; vulvar cancer

Discipline

• MEDICINE: MEDICINE

• Publisher: Medical Communications
• Journal: Current Gynecologic Oncology
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 150-156

Contributors

author

Sznurkowski Jacek J.

• Katedra i Klinika Chirurgii Onkologicznej, Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny. Kierownik Katedry i Kliniki: prof. dr hab. n. med. Janusz Jaśkiewicz

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