Insight into the significance of Foxp3 + tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in squamous cell lung cancer.
Clin Transl Oncol
; 26(7): 1708-1715, 2024 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Although developing a better understanding of tumor-infiltrating Foxp3 + lymphocytes (Foxp3 + TILs) might provide essential knowledge to predict response to immunotherapy and prognosis, our current knowledge about Foxp3 + TILs is inadequate. This study investigated the prognostic significance of tumor-infiltrating Foxp3 + lymphocytes (Foxp3 + TILs) in squamous cell lung cancer (SQ-LC) objectively.METHODS:
Among patients with SQ-LC surgically resected in our institution between 2011 and 2017, those with pathological stage IA3-IIIA were immunohistochemically studied to evaluate Foxp3 + TILs in their tumor stroma. The impact of Foxp3 + TILs on relapse-free survival (RFS) was analyzed with Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and multivariate analysis using a Cox proportional hazards model/Fine-Gray model.RESULTS:
This study analyzed 100 patients. Multivariate analysis showed that a large number of Foxp3 + TILs in the stroma does not associate with a poor prognosis, rather that a large number of Foxp3 + TILs (≥ 64 cells) tend to be associated with a more favorable prognosis than a small number of Foxp3 + TILs (< 64 cells) (large vs small number HR, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.17-1.83; P = 0.34). Exploratory analysis also showed that in the two populations divided by a difference in Foxp3 expression levels, similar trends to the main analysis were observed.CONCLUSION:
Our results showed that a large number of Foxp3 + TILs in the stroma may not associate with a poor prognosis in SQ-LC. To use the seemingly complicated information of Foxp3 + TILs as biomarkers, better understanding the diversity and heterogeneity of Foxp3 + TILs and analyzing their subpopulations that increase in the TME may be needed.Palabras clave
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas
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Linfocitos Infiltrantes de Tumor
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Factores de Transcripción Forkhead
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Estimación de Kaplan-Meier
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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2024
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