Pilot Data Suggest That Obesity and Presence of Malignancy Are Associated with Altered Immune Cell Infiltration in Endometrial Biopsies.

Autor: Jacques, Eline, van den Bosch, Anouk, de Vos van Steenwijk, Peggy, Kooreman, Loes, Delvoux, Bert, Romano, Andrea, Werner, Henrica
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Medicine; Dec2024, Vol. 13 Issue 23, p7248, 12p
Abstrakt: (1) Background: The worldwide endometrial cancer (EC) incidence is rising, amongst others linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and metabolic syndrome, possibly due to low-grade adipose tissue inflammation. We studied immune cell infiltration in the endometrium in relation to diagnosis and obesity. (2) Methods: A cohort was created (n = 44) from postmenopausal women, lean (n = 15) and obese (n = 29), with bleeding complaints due to EC (n = 18) or benign pathology (n = 26). Endometrial biopsies were used to study the immune microenvironment and stained for macrophages (CD68 and CD163), T-cells (CD3 and CD8), and NK-cells (CD56). (3) Results: Malignant samples showed reduced intraepithelial CD3+ and CD8+ T-cells and increased stromal CD3+ T-cells. In obese patients, increased intraepithelial CD3+ and CD8+ T-cells were detected, especially in obese patients with T2DM. Epithelial CD56+ NK-cells were depleted in EC; however, no effect of obesity on NK-cell infiltration was observed. Stromal CD68+ cells were reduced in EC patients, whereas the CD163+ cells were increased. (4) Conclusions: Obesity and malignancy are associated with differences in immune cell presence. The alterations in immune cell infiltration seen in obese EC patients with and without diabetes suggest a complex interaction where obesity-related low-grade inflammation plays a central role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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