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ArticleBMC urology2022

Prognostic significance of immunoscore related markers in bladder cancer.

Ali Ariafar, Alireza Sanati, Simin Ahmadvand, Golsa Shekarkhar, Akbar Safaei, Zahra Shayan, Zahra Faghih

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Article in BMC urology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Diversity of Memory CD8International journal of molecular and cellular medicine · 2024
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ali AriafarDepartment of Urology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Alireza SanatiDepartment of Urology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Simin AhmadvandShiraz Institute for Cancer Research, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 71345-1798, Shiraz, Iran.
Golsa ShekarkharDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Akbar SafaeiDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Zahra ShayanDepartment of Biostatistics, Trauma Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Zahra FaghihShiraz Institute for Cancer Research, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 71345-1798, Shiraz, Iran. faghihz@sums.ac.ir.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Shiraz Institute for Cancer Research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences ICR-100-500Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 1396-01-01-15590
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe significance of total and specific subpopulations of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in cancer is now well-documented. In the present study, we investigated the relevance of CD3+, CD8 +, CD45RO +, and FOXP3 + TILs to the prognosis and survival of patients with bladder cancer and the disease's clinical-pathological parameters.

methodsInfiltration of each subset was immunohistochemically evaluated in both stromal and intratumoral regions of tumor tissues from 85 patients with urothelial cell carcinoma of the bladder, with known survival.

resultsOur results indicated that intratumoral CD45RO+ lymphocytes were significantly higher in high-grade tumors than in low-grade ones (P = 0.028). The frequencies of intratumoral CD3+ (P = 0.002), CD8 + (P = 0.008), intratumoral (P = 0.002), and stromal (P = 0.017) CD45RO+ lymphocytes were also higher in patients with muscular invasion than those without invasion. The frequencies of intratumoral CD3+ (P = 0.043), CD8+ (P = 0.003), CD45RO+ (P = 0.023), and total CD45RO+ (P = 0.015), showed variation in patients with different T-stage, as well; mostly increased in T2 versus Ta and T1. Comparing patients in different stages revealed an increase in the frequencies of total CD3+ (P = 0.011), intratumoral CD3+ (P = 0.006), total CD8+ (P = 0.012), intratumoral CD8+ (P = 0.009) and stromal CD8+ (P = 0.034), as well as total and stromal CD45RO+ lymphocytes (P = 0.01 and P = 0.034, respectively) in stage II comparing to stage I, while the frequencies of stromal CD3+ (P = 0.077) and CD8+ (P = 0.053) cells tended to be decreased in stage III compared to stage II.

conclusionsWe collectively observed that the frequency of immune cells, especially CD45RO+, CD3+, and CD8+ lymphocytes, were significantly higher in early-progressed tumors. This observation could be explained by continuous and prolonged stimulation of immune cells with tumor antigens during tumor progression or an increase in the recruiting factors, especially in the early stages, to eliminate tumor cells. However, with tumor progression to the late stages, the inhibitory microenvironment provided by tumor cells suppresses or changes the functionality of the effector and memory immune cells to help tumor growth. However, more functional studies with larger sample sizes are needed to reveal the real status of the immune system in patients with bladder cancer.

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Carcinoma, Transitional CellUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsBiomarkersCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansLeukocyte Common AntigensLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingPrognosisTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkersLeukocyte Common AntigensBladder cancerCD3CD45ROCD8FOXP3TILs

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