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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Body Mass Index: The Role of Immune System in Tumor Microenvironment.

Rebecca Sparavelli, Riccardo Giannini, Francesca Signorini, Gabriele Materazzi, Alessio Basolo, Ferruccio Santini, Clara Ugolini

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Rebecca SparavelliDepartment of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy.
Riccardo GianniniDepartment of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9740-0219
Francesca SignoriniDepartment of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3769-8783
Gabriele MaterazziEndocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, Pisa University Hospital, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3040-516X
Alessio BasoloObesity and Lipodystrophy Center, Endocrinology Unit, Pisa University Hospital, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Ferruccio SantiniObesity and Lipodystrophy Center, Endocrinology Unit, Pisa University Hospital, 56124 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1706-0822
Clara UgoliniDepartment of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3489-8280

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is linked to obesity, but the biological mechanisms that may explain this connection have been only partially described. Potential factors that combine overweight/obesity with this cancer should be searched for in the immune pathways and chronic inflammation onset. In this study, we evaluated the role of the immune system in patients affected by PTC and stratified them according to Body Mass Index (BMI). An analysis of the expression profiles of >700 immune-related genes was performed in 36 PTCs, subdivided into four categories: underweight (A), normal weight (B), overweight (C), and subjects living with obesity (D). B was considered a reference category. In our study, the immune microenvironment of PTCs did not seem strongly influenced by BMI. However, based on the interaction from in silico protein-protein analysis, we found that the dysregulation profiles of groups A or D were similar as concerns pathways involved in T-cell differentiation, macrophage activation, regulation of the cell cycle, and senescence processes. Furthermore, we found significant downregulation of

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Body Mass IndexImmune SystemThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAdultFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMiddle AgedObesityARG2BMIgene expression analysisHGMB1immune systemPTCthyroid carcinomaTME

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PMID40943211
PMCPMC12428517

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