Interleukin (IL)-10 is expressed in many solid tumours and plays an ambiguous role in controlling cancer growth and metastasis. In order to determine whether IL-10 is involved in tumour progression and prognosis in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), IL-10 expression in tumour cells and tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) and its associations, if any, with clinicopathological features were investigated. Paraffin-embedded sections of surgical specimens obtained from 50 patients who had undergone surgery for NSCLC were immunostained with an antibody directed against IL-10. TAMs and tumour cells positive for IL-10 were subsequently quantified. IL-10-positive TAM percentage was higher in patients with stage II, III and IV NSCLC, and in those with lymph node metastases compared with patients with stage I NSCLC. High IL-10 expression by TAMs was a significant independent predictor of advanced tumour stage, and thus was associated with worse overall survival. Conversely, IL-10 expression by tumour cells did not differ between stages II, III and IV and stage I NSCLC. In conclusion, interleukin-10 expression by tumour-associated macrophages, but not by tumour cells, may play a role in the progression and prognosis of nonsmall cell lung cancer. These results may be useful in the development of novel approaches for anticancer treatments.
Macrophage expression of IL-10 is a prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer / E., Zeni; L., Mazzetti; D., Miotto; N., LO CASCIO; P., Maestrelli; P., Querzoli; M., Pedriali; E., DE ROSA; Fabbri, Leonardo; C. E., Mapp; P., Boschetto. - In: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. - ISSN 0903-1936. - STAMPA. - 30(2007), pp. 627-632.
Data di pubblicazione: | 2007 |
Titolo: | Macrophage expression of IL-10 is a prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer. |
Autore/i: | E., Zeni; L., Mazzetti; D., Miotto; N., LO CASCIO; P., Maestrelli; P., Querzoli; M., Pedriali; E., DE ROSA; Fabbri, Leonardo; C. E., Mapp; P., Boschetto |
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Volume: | 30 |
Pagina iniziale: | 627 |
Pagina finale: | 632 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-38449107046 |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 17537769 |
Citazione: | Macrophage expression of IL-10 is a prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer / E., Zeni; L., Mazzetti; D., Miotto; N., LO CASCIO; P., Maestrelli; P., Querzoli; M., Pedriali; E., DE ROSA; Fabbri, Leonardo; C. E., Mapp; P., Boschetto. - In: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. - ISSN 0903-1936. - STAMPA. - 30(2007), pp. 627-632. |
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