Systemic immune responses are associated with molecular characteristics of circulating tumor cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

  • Authors:
    • Hiroe Tada
    • Yurino Nagata
    • Hideyuki Takahashi
    • Toshiyuki Matsuyama
    • Shota Ida
    • Ikko Mito
    • Kazuaki Chikamatsu
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  • Published online on: May 26, 2021     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2021.2309
  • Article Number: 147
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Abstract

Systemic immunity mediated by circulating immune cells may affect clinical features, as well as the characteristics of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The present study aimed to analyze the influence of circulating immune cells, using their markers, on clinical features to investigate the association between systemic immunity and the molecular characteristics of CTCs. Circulating immune‑cell markers were associated with disease progression and clinical outcomes in patients with HNSCC. Meanwhile, there was no significant association between the presence of CTCs and systemic immune‑related markers. Moreover, phosphatidylinositol‑4,5‑bisphosphate 3‑kinase catalytic subunit a expression in CTCs was significantly associated with higher lymphocyte counts (P=0.035) and an increased prognostic nutrition index (P=0.0157). Patients with CTCs expressing CD47 exhibited significantly higher neutrophil (P=0.0031) and monocyte (P=0.0016) counts. Patients with CTCs expressing programmed cell death 1 ligand 2 exhibited lower C‑reactive protein (CRP) levels (P=0.0271) and a decreased CRP/albumin ratio (P=0.0207). The current results suggested that the interaction between CTCs and circulating immune cells may provide survival advantages via molecular alterations to CTCs.
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Tada H, Nagata Y, Takahashi H, Matsuyama T, Ida S, Mito I and Chikamatsu K: Systemic immune responses are associated with molecular characteristics of circulating tumor cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Mol Clin Oncol 15: 147, 2021
APA
Tada, H., Nagata, Y., Takahashi, H., Matsuyama, T., Ida, S., Mito, I., & Chikamatsu, K. (2021). Systemic immune responses are associated with molecular characteristics of circulating tumor cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 15, 147. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2021.2309
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Tada, H., Nagata, Y., Takahashi, H., Matsuyama, T., Ida, S., Mito, I., Chikamatsu, K."Systemic immune responses are associated with molecular characteristics of circulating tumor cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 15.1 (2021): 147.
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Tada, H., Nagata, Y., Takahashi, H., Matsuyama, T., Ida, S., Mito, I., Chikamatsu, K."Systemic immune responses are associated with molecular characteristics of circulating tumor cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 15, no. 1 (2021): 147. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2021.2309