[Phenotypic and functional characteristics of dendritic cells and contents of suppressor cell populations in peripheral blood of breast cancer patients]

Vopr Onkol. 2016;62(4):519-23.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The progression or the appearance of distant metastases in breast cancer (BC) is influenced by a variety of antitumor immune response suppression mechanisms. In this paper we study circulating dendritic cells (DC) and the suppressor cell populations in peripheral blood of breast cancer patients. The study of phenotypic and functional properties of DCs was performed in the samples of intact and TLR-stimulated whole blood from breast cancer patients and healthy women by multicolor flow cytometry. To determine the suppressor cell population among lymphocytes multicolor panel comprising markers CD 4, CD 25, CD 127, FoxP3 was used. It is showed that the formation of secondary foci of tumor growth in patients was accompanied by disturbances of the functional activity plasmocytoid DC and accumulation of cells with immunosuppressive functions.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Breast / immunology
  • Breast / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / blood*
  • Breast Neoplasms / immunology
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • CD4 Antigens / immunology
  • Dendritic Cells / immunology*
  • Dendritic Cells / pathology
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Forkhead Transcription Factors / immunology
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit / immunology
  • Interleukin-7 Receptor alpha Subunit / immunology
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / immunology*
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / pathology

Substances

  • CD4 Antigens
  • FOXP3 protein, human
  • Forkhead Transcription Factors
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
  • Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit
  • Interleukin-7 Receptor alpha Subunit