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Objective To investigate the expressions of Th17 lymphocytes and interleukin-17 (IL-17) in peripheral blood of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and its clinical significance. Methods Sixty patients with primary and untreated NSCLC were enrolled and designed as experimental group, at the same time, 60 healthy volunteers were collected as control group. Flow cytometry (FCM) was used to detect the level of Th17 lymphocytes. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used for detecting the level of IL-17. The relationship between the expression levels of Th17 and IL-17 in peripheral blood and clinicopathological features was compared between the two groups. Results The peripheral blood levels of Th17 lymphocytes and IL-17 in the experimental group [(1.7±1.2) ％, (8.3±2.5) pg/ml] were higher than those in the control group [(0.9 ±0.6) ％, (5.4 ±1.2) pg/ml] (P< 0.05). The peripheral blood expression of Th17 lymphocytes and IL-17 in patients with smoking history [(1.8±1.2) ％, (8.8±3.7) pg/ml] were higher than those in patients without smoking history [(1.6±1.2)％, (8.0±2.2) pg/ml], and the peripheral blood expression of Th17 lymphocytes and IL-17 were higher in patients with squamous-cell carcinoma [(1.8 ±1.2) ％, (9.4 ±4.7) pg/ml] than those in patients with adenocarcinoma [(1.6±1.1) ％, (7.3±3.9) pg/ml], furthermore, they were also higher in patients with stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ than those in patients with stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ (P < 0.05). Conclusion Th17 lymphocytes and IL-17 play certain roles in the occurrence and progression of NSCLC.
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Objective To investigation the expressions of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) and its receptors in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and their clinical significances.Methods The serum expression levels of TRAIL in 79 cases of NSCLC and 80 cases of normal subjects were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).The expressions of TRAIL-R2 and TRAIL-R4 in 42 cases of NSCLC and matched normal tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry.The relationships among TRAIL,TRAIL-R2,TRAIL-R4 and clinicopathologic features of NSCLC were analyzed.Results The expression of TRAIL in NSCLC patients was lower than that in normal human [(994.3 ±293.0)ng/ml vs.(1 141.7 ±266.1)ng/ml,t =3.29,P =0.00].The expression of TRAIL was closely correlated with clinical stage (F =2.28,P =0.00) and differentiated degree (t =5.76,P =0.00).The positive expression rate of TRAIL-R2 in NSCLC was 73.8％ (31/42),significantly lower than that in the normal tissue 100.0％ (42/42) (x2 =3.88,P =0.05).The expression of TRAIL-R2 was closely correlated with clinical stage (x2 =27.89,P=0.00) and differentiated degree (x:=9.50,P =0.00).The positive expression rate of TRAIL-R4 in NSCLC was 81.0％ (34/42),significantly higher than that in the normal tissue 50.0％ (21/42) (x2 =7.34,P =0.01).The expression of TRAIL-R4 was also closely correlated with clinical stage (x2 =17.82,P =0.00) and differentiated degree (x2 =4.47,P =0.03).There was a negative correlation between the expression of TRAIL-R2 and TRAIL-R4 in NSCLC (r =-0.67,P=0.01).Conclusion The decrease of TRAIL and TRAIL-R2 and increase of TRAIL-R4 expression may promote the occurrence and development of NSCLC,and they may provide targets for clinical treatment of NSCLC.
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Objective To detect the expression levels of multiple serum chemokines including IFN-inducible T cell chemoattractant (ITAC),Fractalkine,macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-3α,IL-8,MIP-lα,MIP-1β in patients with lung cancer and explore their association with the clinical characteristics of lung cancer as well as the correlations among these chemokines.Methods Forty newly diagnosed patients with lung cancer and thirty healthy controls were enrolled for detection of the serum levels of 6 kinds of chemokines by Luminex technology.The correlations of clinical characteristics of lung cancer with these chemokines and the correlations among these chemokines were analyzed by SPSS 17.0 software.Results The serum levels [M (QR)] of IL-8,Fractalkine and MIP-3α in patients with lung cancer were 5.16 (4.74),128.45 (141.89),10.31 (8.88) respectively,and 2.01 (0.95),61.46 (74.81),8.08 (5.87) respectively in control group,with significant differences (Z =-4.783,P ＜0.001;Z =-4.046,P ＜0.001;Z =-3.105,P =0.002).The expression of MIP-1β in lung adenocarcinoma was significantly higher than that in squamous carcinoma [18.32 (12.27) vs.13.72 (7.31),Z =-2.212,P =0.027],and of ITAC in squamous carcinoma was significantly higher than that in small cell lung cancer [24.51 (22.48) vs.9.28 (4.85),Z =-2.460,P =0.014].The expressions of MIP-3α and Fractalkine were positively correlated in the two groups (r =0.619,P＜0.001;r=0.766,P＜0.001).Conclusion The expressions of IL-8,Fractalkine and MIP-3α increase significantly in lung cancer patients,and they are may play important roles in metastatic lung cancer.
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Objective To detect the expression levels of serum ITAC, Fractalkine, IL-8, IL-17A, IL-7 and TNF-α in patients with gastric cancer, and to explore correlation among them, as well as their association with different clinical characteristics.Methods The levels of the 6 kinds of cytokines in serum of 46 gastric cancer patients (gastric cancer group) and 30 healthy people (healthy control group) were detected.Results Compared with those in healthy control group, the levels of serum ITAC, Fractalkine, IL-8, IL-17A, IL-7 and TNF-α in gastric cancer group were significantly increased [22.26 (32.83) pg/ml vs 11.95 (9.99) pg/ml, P =0.001;62.21 (82.23) pg/ml vs 26.47 (50.87) pg/ml, P =0.050;4.50 (10.38) pg/ml vs 2.06 (3.17) pg/ml, P =0.002;0.83 (2.01) pg/ml vs 0.21 (0.85) pg/ml, P=0.013;3.46 (1.90) pg/ml vs 2.11 (1.48) pg/ml, P=0.001;1.21 (1.13) pg/ml vs 0.79 (0.37) pg/ml, P ＜ 0.001].There were correlations between cytokines (all P ＜ 0.05).The level of serum cytokines was no significant difference between gastric cancer patients with lymph node metastasis and those without lymph node metastasis (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions The high level of serum ITAC, Fractalkine, IL-8, IL-17A, IL-7 or TNF-α may be related to the occurrence and development of gastric cancer.High level of serum IL-8 may be a marker of poor prognosis of gastric cancer, and interaction between the various cytokines also has a certain association with tumorigenesis.
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Objective To investigate the correlation of T cell subgroups and natural killer (NK) cell's activity level of peripheral blood of the patients with refractory lymphoma. Methods Flow cytometry was applied to detect T cell subgroups' level and NK cell's activity of peripheral blood in 60 early cure lymphoma patients with chemotherapy before and 20 normal controls , after chemotherapy follow-up they were divided into 30 cases of difficult cure group and 30 cases of effective group. Results Compared with the normal controls, CD+4, CD+4/CD+8 and NK cell in lymphoma patients with chemotherapy before decreased (30.17±8.63 vs 46.52±1.39, t =12.218, P ＜0.05; 0.86±0.45 vs 1.64±0.05, t =11.225, P ＜0.05; 12.39±7.08 vs 19.29±0.84,t =6.365, P＜0.05), while CD+3 and CD+8 cell increased (76.14±10.71 vs 70.48±1.44, t =-3.439, P＜0.05;40.28±14.03 vs 28.35±0.73, t =-5.625, P ＜0.05). Compared with effective group, CD+4 CD+4/CD+8 and NK cell in difficult response group with chemotherapy before decreased (27.70±7.81 vs 33.13±8.82, t =2.163, P =0.036;0.67±0.27 vs 1.10±0.52, t =3.272, P =0.003; 9.87±6.60 vs 15.40±6.58, t =2.771, P =0.008), while CD+3 and CD+8 cell increased (79.67±8.18 vs 71.91±12.00, t =-2.540, P =0.015; 44.70±13.99 vs 34.98±12.41, t =-2.416,P =0.020). Conclusion The detection of T cell subgroups' level and NK cell' s activity in early lymphoma patients before chemotherapy may play a role to diagnose and predict the outcome of refractory lymphoma patients.
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Objective To investigate the expression of NKG2D in peripheral blood of patients with cervical cancer,CIN,hysteromyoma and health person,and the expression of the human MHC class I chain-related gene A(MICA)on the correspondent tumor tissues.To discuss the anti-cervical cancer mechanism of NKG2D-MICA and immune escaping of cancer.Methods Flow cytometry analysis was used to detect the expression of NKG2D in the peripheral blood of patients with cervical cancer,CIN,hysteromyoma and health person.The expressions of MICA in part of the correspondent tissues were examined by means of reverse transcription-polymerase chain relation(RT-PCR).Results The expression of NKG2D in the patients with cervical cancer,CIN,hysteromyoma and health person were(76.87?9.39)%、(81.84?7.94)%、(86.77?8.68)%、(93.968?4.9)%,respectively.Compared with the normal group,the NKG2D expression in the particular disease group was of statistical significance,however,it is not statistically significant in the comparison in the particular disease group.The rate of MICA mRNA expression in cervical cancer was significantly higher than that in hysteromyoma and health tissues,and its difference is of statistical significance.But it is not statistically significant for the normal group to compare with the other group.Conclusion The activity of NK cell and the anti-cancer cellular immunity level reduce in patients with cervical cancer.The decrease of the receptor NKG2D is a reason for the descend of the activity of NK cells.MICA mRNA expression increases in the cervical cancer,and it has the tendency of up-regulation with the progress of pathological changes.It is relative to malignant transformation from cervical squamous intraepithelial lesion to cervical cancer;the immune-escape of cervical cancer probably is relative to the down-regulation of NKG2D and the up-regulation of its ligand MICA.