PD-L1 in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue shows gender-specific association with prognosis.
Oral Dis
; 26(7): 1414-1423, 2020 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To use alternative quantitation approaches to clarify the clinical implication of programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue (SCCOT). MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Ventana SP263 immunohistochemistry assay and a multiplicative QuickScore method were applied to quantify PD-L1 in tumor and surrounding immune cells from 101 patients with SCCOT. Tumor-infiltrating immune cells were estimated from bulk tissue transcriptional profiles of 25 patients. Circulating PD-L1 levels were measured in serum from 30 patients using an electrochemiluminescence assay platform.RESULTS:
We found higher tumor cell PD-L1 levels in females than males (p = .019). For patients with low PD-L1 in tumor cells, better survival was seen in males than females (overall survival p = .021, disease-free survival p = .020). Tumor-infiltrating natural killer T cells, immature dendritic cells, and M1 macrophages were positively associated with tumor cell PD-L1 (p < .05).CONCLUSIONS:
Our data confirmed the significance of gender on tumor cell PD-L1 expression and demonstrated combined effects of gender and PD-L1 levels on clinical outcome in patients with SCCOT. The data also indicated the involvement of specific immune cell types in PD-L1-regulated immune evasion.Palavras-chave
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas
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Antígeno B7-H1
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Ano de publicação:
2020
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