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CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH
卷 15, 期 14, 页码 4686-4693出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-0463
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- Key Project of the Chinese Ministry of Education [107039]
- National Key Sci-Tech Special Project of China [2008ZX10002-018, 2008ZX10002-019]
- Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education of China [200802460019]
Purpose: Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is a tumor-associated immunosuppressive molecule involved in tumor escape mechanisms. The aim of this study is to elucidate its prognostic significance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Experimental Design: Immunohistochemical staining of HLA-G expression as well as tumor-infiltrating FoxP3(+) regulatory (Tregs) and CD8(+) cytotoxic T cells was carried out on tissue microarrays containing 173 HCC tissue specimens. Membrane-bound HLA-G1 protein expression in five human HCC cell lines was detected by Western blot. Results: HLA-G expression was associated with HCC prognosis, especially in early-stage diseases, with high expression independently associated with shortened overall survival (P = 0.041) and increased tumor recurrence (P = 0.023). HLA-G level was positively related to Tregs/CD8(+) ratio and their combination served as a better prognosticator, patients having concurrent high levels of both variables at more than three times of risk of death and tumor relapse than those with concurrent low levels (both P < 0.001). In addition, HLA-G1 expression increased in a concordant manner with the increase of metastatic potential in human HCC cell lines. Conclusions: Overexpression of HLA-G protein in HCC was an independent indicator for poor outcome especially in early-stage disease. The combination of HLA-G expression and Tregs/CD8(+) ratio added the prognostic power to both variables, offering a possible strategy of tumor-stroma interaction-oriented cancer immunotherapy.
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