Clinical prognostic value of CD4+CD25+FOXP3+regulatory T cells in peripheral blood of Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage B hepatocellular carcinoma patients.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:CD4+CD25+ forkhead box P3 (FOXP3)+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) accumulate in malignant tumors and negatively regulate antitumor immunity. However, the clinical significance of Tregs in HCC remains unclear. To determine the prognostic value of Tregs, we conducted a retrospective study on 264 patients with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage B hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). METHODS:We measured the proportion of peripheral blood Tregs in 105 healthy donors and 264 HCC patients (stage B) prior to and following TACE between 2005 and 2007. All HCC patients were followed up until December 2012. The correlations between the proportion of Tregs and clinicopathologic factors were analyzed, and long-term survival rate after TACE according to the percentage of Tregs was assessed by univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS:The 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-year cumulative survival rates were 62.1%, 32.6%, 16.5%, 10.4% and 6.9%, respectively, and the median survival time was 19.0 months. The cumulative survival rate was significantly lower in patients with higher levels of peripheral blood Treg cells compared to those with lower Treg levels (p<0.001). Furthermore, we found that both pre- and post-TACE peripheral blood Treg levels showed significant negative association with overall survival time (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS:Elevated peripheral blood CD4+CD25+FOXP3+Treg levels are an independent predictive factor of poor survival after TACE for HCC (stage B) patients. These results suggest that targeting Tregs may improve patient outcomes, and provide a strong rationale for testing these approaches in future immunotherapy-based clinical trials.

journal_name

Clin Chem Lab Med

authors

Li F,Guo Z,Lizée G,Yu H,Wang H,Si T

doi

10.1515/cclm-2013-0878

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-09-01 00:00:00

pages

1357-65

issue

9

eissn

1434-6621

issn

1437-4331

pii

/j/cclm.ahead-of-print/cclm-2013-0878/cclm-2013-08

journal_volume

52

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