Tumour-immune microenvironment in duodenal-type follicular lymphoma

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Despite duodenal-type follicular lymphoma (DTFL) being morphologically, immunophenotypically and genetically indistinguishable from nodal FL (nFL), this entity typically shows a significantly better prognosis. Here, we analysed the tumour immune microenvironments of diagnostic specimens from patients with DTFL (n = 30), limited-stage FL (LSFL; n = 19) and advanced-stage FL (ASFL; n = 31). The mean number of CD8+ tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in the neoplastic follicles was higher in DTFL (1,827/mm2 ) than in LSFL (1,150/mm2 ) and ASFL (1,188/mm2 ) (P = 0·002, P = 0·002, respectively). In addition, CD8+ PD1-  T cells with non-exhausting phenotype were more abundant in the peripheral blood (PB) of DTFL than in LSFL and ASFL, indicating that DTFL may exhibit a better and longer-lasting T cell-mediated immune response. Moreover, whereas FOXP3+ CTLA-4+ effector regulatory T cells (eTregs) were rarely observed in the neoplastic follicles of DTFL (mean: 12/mm2 ), they were more abundant in LSFL (78/mm2 ) and ASFL (109/mm2 ) (P = 2·80 × 10-5 , P = 4·74 × 10-8 , respectively), and the numbers of eTregs correlated inversely with those of CD8+ TILs (r = -0267; P = 0·018). Furthermore, DTFL showed significantly fewer circulating FOXP3hi CD45RA- CD25hi eTregs (0·146%) than ASFL (0·497%) and healthy controls (0·639%) (P = 0·0003, P = 6·79 × 10-7 , respectively). These results suggest that the augmented anti-tumour immune reactions may contribute to a better prognosis on DTFL.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:191

Enthalten in:

British journal of haematology - 191(2020), 2 vom: 15. Okt., Seite 243-252

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Inoue, Hiroaki [VerfasserIn]
Rai, Shinya [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Hirokazu [VerfasserIn]
Espinoza, J Luis [VerfasserIn]
Watatani, Yosaku [VerfasserIn]
Kumode, Takahiro [VerfasserIn]
Serizawa, Kentaro [VerfasserIn]
Nakayama, Shoko [VerfasserIn]
Taniguchi, Yasuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Morita, Yasuyoshi [VerfasserIn]
Tatsumi, Yoichi [VerfasserIn]
Ashida, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Matsumura, Itaru [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Duodenal-type Ffollicular lymphoma
Effector regulatory T cell
Follicular lymphoma
Journal Article
Regulatory T cell
Tumor immune microenvironment
Tumor infiltrating T lymphocytes

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Date Completed 16.03.2021

Date Revised 16.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/bjh.16715

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309670497