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ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental pathology2014

Tumor-associated macrophages promote tumor cell proliferation in nasopharyngeal NK/T-cell lymphoma.

Yixiong Liu, Linni Fan, Yingmei Wang, Peifeng Li, Jin Zhu, Lu Wang, Weichen Zhang, Yuehua Zhang, Gaosheng Huang

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental pathology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Yixiong LiuDepartment of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Linni FanDepartment of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Yingmei WangDepartment of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Peifeng LiDepartment of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Jin ZhuDepartment of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Lu WangDepartment of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Weichen ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Yuehua ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Gaosheng HuangDepartment of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
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Abstract

objectiveTo explore the relationship between the number of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and proliferative activity of tumor cells and the relationship between two macrophage biomarkers CD68 and CD163 in nasopharyngeal NK/T-cell lymphoma.

methodsImmunohistochemistry was used to reconfirm the diagnosis of nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma and detect the numbers of TAMs and the ki-67 label index of the tumor cells in all 31 cases. In addition, 12 cases of inflammatory cases were collected as controls, for which the immunostaining of CD68 and CD163 were done as well. Then staining results were analyzed with Pearson correlation and t test.

resultsThe number of TAMs was positively correlated with tumor proliferative activity (P = 0.024) in nasopharyngeal NK/T-cell lymphoma. The expression of CD68 and CD163 was closely related (P = 0.009), and the positive rate of CD68 was generally higher than CD163, however there is no statistical significance.

conclusionThe increase in numbers of TAMs in nasopharyngeal NK/T-cell lymphoma is related to higher proliferative index, indicating the TAMs play an important role in tumor proliferation. Meanwhile both CD68 and CD163 might be the markers for TAMs but CD163 would be the better one.

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Cell ProliferationAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntigens, CDAntigens, Differentiation, MyelomonocyticBiomarkers, TumorBiopsyCD163 AntigenCD68 MoleculeCell CommunicationChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryAntigens, CDAntigens, Differentiation, MyelomonocyticBiomarkers, TumorCD163 AntigenCD68 antigen, humanCD68 MoleculeKi-67 AntigenReceptors, Cell SurfaceCD163CD68Ki-67 label indexNK/T-cell lymphomatumor-associated macrophages (TAMs)

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