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SURGERY
Volume 138, Issue 2, Pages 321-328Publisher
MOSBY, INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2005.06.011
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- NCI NIH HHS [5 K12 CA86913] Funding Source: Medline
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Background. Patients with progressing melanoma have a circulating cytokine profile reflecting a T helper cell type 2 (Th2) imbalance, while patients responding to therapy favor a Th1 profile. The aim of this study was to determine the role of circulating dendritic cells (DCs) in mediating this imbalance. Methods. Isolated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were exposed to cell-free melanoma-conditioned medium (MCM) or control fibroblast-conditioned medium before stimulation. In separate experiments, isolated circulating DCs were exposed to MCM before addition of T cells. DC maturation and function were determined. Mixed leukocyte response T-cell proliferation was quantified and supernatants were assayed for Th1 (interleukin [IL]-2 and interferon) and Th2 (IL-4, IL-5, and IL-10) cytokines. Results. PBMCs exposed to MCM produced significantly more Th2-type cytokines (IL-4, IL-5, and IL-10) over time than those exposed to control medium. DCs exposed to MCM before addition of T cells, produced a similar pattern. of a sustained longer term Th2 response after an initial burst of IL-2. Exposure to MCM did not significantly affect DC maturation or IL-12 production. T-cell proliferation did not change significantly in the mixed leukocyte response, however, the percentage of viable CD4+ T cells in the MCM-treated group was significantly less than control (37 vs 50%, P <.05). Conclusions. Exposure of PBMCs to melanoma produces a Th2-type cytokine profile, which may be, in part, facilitated by DCs.
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