Immune cell composition in the endometrium of patients with a complete molar pregnancy: Effects on outcome.
Gynecol Oncol
; 160(2): 450-456, 2021 02.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33213898
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
In 15% of patients with complete hydatidiform mole (CHM), disease progresses to post-molar gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) after curettage. Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are essential in overcoming disease in many tumors. Infiltrating lymphocyte composition and density may influence trophoblast regression and development of post-molar GTN. We analyzed immune cell composition and density in curettaged endometrium of patients with CHM which spontaneously regressed, and of patients with CHM which progressed to post-molar GTN.METHODS:
Sixteen patients with CHM and spontaneous regression, and 16 patients with CHM which progressed to post-molar GTN were selected. Immune cell composition and density of natural killer (NK) cells, natural killer T (NKT)-like cells, Cytotoxic T cells, T-Regulatory and T-Helper cells, were determined by multiplex immunohistochemistry (mIHC).RESULTS:
Curettaged endometrium of patients with CHM and spontaneous regression contained a slightly higher number of immune cells compared to patients with CHM which progressed to post-molar GTN. NKT-like cell density was significantly higher in patients with spontaneous regression compared to patients with CHM which progressed to post-molar GTN (483 ± 296 vs.295 ± 143 (mean ± SD), p = 0.03) respectively. NKT-like cell density in the spontaneous regression group was split in 'high' and 'low' (i.e. above and below the median number of NKT-like cells). In patients with high NKT-like cell density, hCG normalized earlier than in patients with low NKT-like cell density (9.5 weeks, (range 3.7-14) vs. 12.9 weeks, (range 8.6-17.9), p = 0.05).CONCLUSION:
A high number of NKT-like cells in the endometrium of CHMs may contribute to spontaneous regression of molar trophoblast cells.Key words
Full text:
1
Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Uterine Neoplasms
/
Hydatidiform Mole
/
Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
/
Endometrium
/
Natural Killer T-Cells
Type of study:
Observational_studies
/
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Middle aged
/
Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
Gynecol Oncol
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
EEUU
/
ESTADOS UNIDOS
/
ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
/
EUA
/
UNITED STATES
/
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
/
US
/
USA