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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40933-8
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- SwissTransMed, Switzerland [KIP 18]
- Cancer Research Institute, USA
- Swiss Cancer Research Foundation
- Alfred and Annemarie von Sick, Switzerland
- University of Lausanne, Switzerland
The roles of NK cells in human melanoma remain only partially understood. We characterized NK cells from peripheral blood ex vivo by flow cytometry obtained from late stage (III/IV) melanoma patients. Interestingly, we found that the abundance of CD56(bright) NK cells negatively correlate with overall patient survival, together with distant metastases, in a multivariate cox regression analysis. The patients' CD56(bright) NK cells showed upregulation of CD11a, CD38 and CD95 as compared to healthy controls, pointing to an activated phenotype as well as a possible immune regulatory role in melanoma patients. After stimulation in vitro, CD56(bright) NK cells produced less TNF alpha and GMCSF in patients than controls. Furthermore, IFN gamma production by the CD56(bright) NK cells correlated inversely with overall survival. Our results highlight that abundance and function of CD56(bright) NK cells are associated with melanoma patient survival, emphasizing the potential of NK cell subsets for biomarker discovery and future therapeutic targeting.
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