ArticleCancers2023
Circulating Monocytes Serve as Novel Prognostic Biomarker in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Patients.
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- Post-Surgical Remodeling of Circulating Monocytes Identifies CD86 Expression on Non-Classical Monocytes as a Prognostic Indicator in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
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- Perineural Invasion in Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: Marker of Aggressive Pathology and Increased Recurrence Risk.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Immunity and Beyond: Emerging Roles of Monocytes and Macrophages in Cancer.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Immune cell changes following chemotherapy in advanced pancreatic cancer with variations based on gender.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Increased Herpesvirus Entry Mediator Expression on Circulating Monocytes and Subsets Predicts Poor Outcomes in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- CD71 expressing circulating neutrophils serve as a novel prognostic biomarker for metastatic spread and reduced outcome in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- CD200 is overexpressed in the pancreatic tumor microenvironment and predictive of overall survival.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2024Article
- New model to predict survival in advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients by measuring GGT and LDH levels and monocyte count.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Association betweenCancers · 2023Article
- Identification and validation of the microRNAs and hub genes for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by an integrated bioinformatic analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) ranks among the most fatal cancer diseases, widely accepted to have the most dismal prognoses. Although immunotherapy has broadly revolutionized cancer treatment, its value in PDAC appears to be relatively low. Exhibiting protumoral effects, monocytes have recently been proposed as potential targets of such immunotherapeutic regimens. However, to date, the body of evidence on monocytes’ role in PDAC is scarce. Therefore, we analyzed monocytes in the peripheral blood of 58 PDAC patients prior to surgery and compared them to healthy individuals. PDAC patients showed increased levels of monocytes when compared to healthy controls In addition, patients with perineural infiltration demonstrated a higher percentage of monocytes compared to non-infiltrating tumors and PDAC G3 was associated with higher monocyte levels than PDAC G2. Patients with monocyte levels > 5% were found to have an 8.9-fold increased risk for a G3 and perineural infiltrated PDAC resulting in poorer survival compared to patients with <5% monocyte levels. Furthermore, PDAC patients showed increased expressions of CD86 and CD11c and decreased expressions of PD-L1 on monocytes compared to healthy individuals. Finally, levels of monocytes correlated positively with concentrations of IL-6 and TNF-α in plasma of PDAC patients. Based on our findings, we propose monocytes as a novel prognostic biomarker. Large-scale studies are needed to further decipher the role of monocytes in PDAC and investigate their potential as therapeutic targets.
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