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| Author(s): |
Silva, Estela Maria
[1]
;
Mariano, Vania Sammartino
[1]
;
Aguiar Pastrez, Paula Roberta
[1]
;
Pinto, Miguel Cordoba
[2]
;
Castro, Antonio Gil
[3, 4]
;
Syrjanen, Kari Juhani
[5]
;
Longatto-Filho, Adhemar
[3, 1, 4, 6]
Total Authors: 7
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Barrettos Canc Hosp, Pio XII Fdn, Teaching & Res Inst, Barretos, SP - Brazil
[2] Barretos Canc Hosp, Pio XII Fdn, Dept Chest, Barretos, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Minho, Res Inst Life & Hlth Sci ICVS, Braga - Portugal
[4] Govt Portugal, Associated Lab, ICVS 3Bs, Braga - Portugal
[5] Biohit Oyj, Dept Clin Res, Helsinki - Finland
[6] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med, Dept Pathol, Med Lab Med Invest LIM 14, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PLoS One; v. 12, n. 7 JUL 17 2017. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 20 |
| Abstract | |
Characteristic cytokine patterns have been described in different cancer patients and they are related to their diagnosis, prognosis, prediction of treatment responses and survival. A panel of cytokines was evaluated in the plasma of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and healthy controls to investigate their profile and relationship with clinical characteristics and overall survival. The case-controlled cross-sectional study design recruited 77 patients with confirmed diagnosis of NSCLC (cases) and 91 healthy subjects (controls) aimed to examine peripheral pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17A, TNF and IFN-gamma) by Cytometry Beads Arrays (CBA Flex) in. The cytokine IL-6 showed a statistically significant difference among groups with increased expression in the case group (p < 0.001). The correlation between the cytokines expression with patient's clinical characteristics variables revealed the cytokine IL-6 was found to be associated with gender, showing higher levels in male (p = 0.036), whereas IL-17A levels were associated with TNM stage, being higher in III-IV stages (p = 0.044). We observed worse overall survival for individuals with high levels of IL-6 when compared to those with low levels of this cytokine in 6, 12 and 24 months. Further studies of IL-6 levels in independent cohort could clarify the real role of IL-6 as an independent marker of prognostic of NSCLC. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/23414-8 - Characterization of the immunological profile of patients with non-small cell lung cancer and its potential association with human papillomavirus |
| Grantee: | Estela Maria Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |