Presence and localization of T-cell subsets in relation to melanocyte differentiation antigen expression and tumour regression as assessed by immunohistochemistry and molecular analysis of microdissected T cells.
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Journal of Pathology, 202, 1, (2004), pp. 70-9ISSN
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Pathology
Paediatrics - OUD tm 2017
Medical Oncology
Tumorimmunology
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Journal of Pathology
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vol. 202
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iss. 1
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p. 70
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p. 9
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UMCN 1.3: Tumor microenvironment; UMCN 1.4: Immunotherapy, gene therapy and transplantationAbstract
Melanoma-associated antigens may be the driving force behind the lymphocytic infiltrates in melanomas and the occurrence of melanoma regression. To investigate the clinical relevance of melanoma differentiation antigens (MDAs) as T-cell targets, the relationship between the presence and localization of T-cell subsets and the expression of MDAs was studied by immunohistochemistry and the diversity of CD8+ T cells in regressive melanomas was assessed using laser-assisted microdissection. While MDA expression as well as T-cell subset distribution, as assessed by immunohistochemical analysis, was heterogeneous within and between lesions, they were histologically independent phenomena. In four lesions studied in detail by PCR analysis of microdissected T cells, a limited T-cell diversity and evidence for clonally expanded tumour infiltrating lymphocytes were found. However, no major differences in T-cell diversity, as assessed by PCR analysis, between peri-and intra-tumoural areas became apparent, this despite the known clinical significance of the specific localization of a T-cell infiltrate. T cells of clonal origin did not show preferential localization to regressive tumour areas. Moreover, clonally related cells were found in two lesions with a non-brisk infiltrate, while in two lesions with a brisk infiltrate (clinically, a good prognostic factor) no evidence for clonally expanded tumour infiltrating lymphocytes was found. These data support the notion that specific immune reactivity and homing of specific cells to the tumour can occur in melanoma patients. However, they also show that the presence of clonally expanded T cells in the tumour is not necessarily associated with an effective anti-tumour immune response and may, for instance, represent regulatory cells. It appears that the clinical impact of an anti-tumour immune response is largely decided at the tumour site, where micro-environmental conditions dictate the functional state of the T cells. Full understanding of these processes can only be achieved by performing more dynamic analyses of the local host-tumour interactions.
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