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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Detection of Specific Immune Cell Subpopulation Changes Associated with Systemic Immune Inflammation-Index Level in Germ Cell Tumors.

Katarina Kalavska, Zuzana Sestakova, Andrea Mlcakova, Paulina Gronesova, Viera Miskovska, Katarina Rejlekova, Daniela Svetlovska, Zuzana Sycova-Mila, Jana Obertova, Patrik Palacka and 4 more

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Katarina KalavskaTranslational Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, 833 10 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Zuzana SestakovaDepartment of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy Sciences, 814 39 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-3229-0404
Andrea MlcakovaDepartment of Hematology, National Cancer Institute, 833 10 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Paulina GronesovaDepartment of Tumor Immunology, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy Sciences, 814 39 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Viera Miskovska1st Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, St. Elisabeth Cancer Institute, Comenius University, 812 50 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Katarina Rejlekova2nd Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, Comenius University, 833 10 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Daniela SvetlovskaTranslational Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, 833 10 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Zuzana Sycova-MilaDepartment of Oncology, National Cancer Institute, 833 10 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Jana Obertova2nd Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, Comenius University, 833 10 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Patrik Palacka2nd Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, Comenius University, 833 10 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-4505-0952
Jozef Mardiak2nd Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, Comenius University, 833 10 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Miroslav ChovanecDepartment of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy Sciences, 814 39 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-9120-5084
Michal Chovanec2nd Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, Comenius University, 833 10 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Michal MegoTranslational Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, 833 10 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-6511-6827
Comenius University Bratislava · SKCancer Research Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences · SKNational Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases · SK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor microenvironment (TME) and the host inflammatory response are closely interconnected. The interplay between systemic inflammation and the local immune response may influence tumor development and progression in various types of cancer. The systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) represents a prognostic marker for germ cell tumors (GCTs). The aim of the present study was to detect specific immune cell subpopulation changes which were associated with the SII level in chemotherapy-naïve GCT patients. In total, 51 GCT patients, prior to cisplatin-based chemotherapy, were included in the present study. Immunophenotyping of peripheral blood leukocyte subpopulations was performed using flow cytometry. The SII level was correlated with the percentage of various leukocyte subpopulations. The obtained results demonstrated that SII levels above the cut-off value of SII ≥ 1003 were associated with higher neutrophil percentages. An inverse correlation was found between the SII and the peripheral lymphocyte percentage that logically reflects the calculations of the SII index. Furthermore, the presented data also showed that in the lymphocyte subpopulation, the association with the SII was driven by T-cell subpopulations. In innate immunity-cell subpopulations, we observed a correlation between SII level and neutrophils as well as associations with eosinophil, basophil, natural killer cell and dendritic cell percentages. We suppose that the described interactions represent a manifestation of cancer-induced immune suppression. The results of the present study contribute to the elucidation of the interrelationship between tumor cells and the innate/adaptive immune system of the host.

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germ cell tumorsleukocyte subpopulationslymphocytopenianeutrophiliasystemic immune–inflammation index

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