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HISTOPATHOLOGY
Volume 63, Issue 2, Pages 225-233Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/his.12156
Keywords
breast cancer; inflammation; interleukin-17; prognosis; tumour microenvironment
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- National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan [10004014, 10003028]
- National Science Council, Taiwan [99-2314-B-006-038-MY3]
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AimsInterleukin-17 (IL-17) is a proinflammatory cytokine that is most prominently produced by T-helper type 17 (Th17) cells, a distinct CD4+ T-helper cell subset. The aim of this study was to investigate the level of IL-17-producing cells in the breast cancer tumour microenvironment and its prognostic role. Methods and resultsA total of 207 breast carcinoma specimens were assessed by IL-17 immunohistochemistry, and the findings were correlated with clinicopathological parameters. We found that increased numbers of IL-17-producing cells were correlated with high histological grade, negative ER/PR status, and triple-negative molecular subtypes segregated by immunoprofiles. However, they did not correlate with stage, tumour size, nodal status, HER2 status, or histological type. Patients with tumours with high numbers of IL-17-producing cells had shorter disease-free survival (DFS) than patients with tumours with low numbers of IL-17-producing cells (P<0.01). In multivariate analysis, high IL-17 level [hazard ratio (HR) 2.24; 95% CI 1.06-4.75], advanced T stage (HR 2.73; 95% CI 1.30-5.73), positive HER2 status (HR 4.88; 95% CI 1.47-16.18) and triple-negative subtype (HR 7.46; 95% CI 1.38-40.36) were significant prognostic factors for DFS. ConclusionsOur results indicate that a high level of IL-17-producing cells in the breast cancer tumour microenvironment is a poor prognostic factor.
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