ArticleBioscience reports2023
Prognostic significance of tumor-associated macrophages polarization markers in lung cancer: a pooled analysis of 5105 patients.
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- Clinicopathologic and prognostic significance of tumor-associated macrophages in cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025Pooled it
- Targeting PI3K-gamma in myeloid driven tumour immune suppression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the preclinical literature.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2024Pooled it
- JMJD3 regulates the M2-like macrophage polarization and promotes the growth of breast cancer cells via STAT6/IRF4 axis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Emerging macrophage-based therapies for cancer: a review of preclinical and clinical advances.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- The CD300c antibody CL7 suppresses tumor growth by regulating the tumor microenvironment in non-small cell lung carcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Molecular subtypes and prognostic factors of lung large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma.Translational lung cancer research · 2024Article
- Predictive model of gene expression regulating invasion and migration of M2 macrophages in breast cancer: clinical prognosis and therapeutic implications.Translational cancer research · 2024Article
- Multiplexed analysis of macrophage polarisation in pulmonary metastases of microsatellite stable colorectal cancer.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe prognostic significance of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in patients with lung cancer (LCa) remains controversial. We therefore conducted the present study to systematically evaluate the role of different TAMs markers and histologic locations on the prognosis of LCa.
methodsSearches of Web of Science, PubMed, and EMBASE databases were performed up to 28 February 2022. The pooled analysis was conducted in random-effect or fixed-effects model with hazard risk (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for survival data including overall survival (OS), and disease-free survival (DFS) from raw or adjusted measures, according to different TAMs markers and histologic locations.
resultsIncluding a total of 5105 patients from 30 eligible studies, the results indicated that the total count of CD68+ TAMs was negatively associated with OS and DFS, which was also observed in the relationship of CD68+ or CD204+ TAMs in tumor stroma (TS) with OS and DFS (all P<0.05). Conversely, higher CD68+ TAMs density in tumor nest (TN) or TN/TS ratio of CD68+ TAMs predicted better OS (all P<0.05). Similarly, higher HLA-DR+ TAMs density was correlated with better OS in TN and TS (all P<0.05). Besides, neither nest CD163+ TAM density nor stromal CD163+ TAM density was a prognostic factor in LCa patients (all P>0.05).
conclusionOur study indicated that different TAMs markers and histologic locations could bring about different prognostic effects in LCa patients. Great understanding of the infiltration modes of TAMs may contribute to improve outcomes of LCa patients.
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