The prognostic impact of the immune microenvironment in small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix: PD-L1 and immune cell subtypes

Autor: Xiaoying Sun, Lili Liu, Ting Wan, Qidan Huang, Jieping Chen, Rongzhen Luo, Jihong Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Cancer Cell International, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1475-2867
DOI: 10.1186/s12935-022-02716-6
Popis: Abstract Background We investigate the correlation between programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) and tumor-associated immune cell (TAIC) density in small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix (SCNEC) and their correlation with clinicopathologic features. Methods PD-L1 and mismatch repair protein (MMR) expression in cancer cells and the density of TAIC were evaluated by immunohistochemistry in 89 SCNEC patients. The combined positive score (CPS), tumor proportion score (TPS), and immune cell score (ICS) of PD-L1 were measured, along with their correlation with clinicopathologic features in SCNEC patients using statistical analyses. Results CPS of PD-L1 ≥ 1 was seen in 68.5% of patients, positive TPS and ICS of PD-L1 were detected in 59.6% and 33.7% of patients, respectively. PD-L1CPS was higher in tumor-infiltrating immune cells (r = 0.387, p = 0.001) and positively correlated with programmed cell death-1 and forkhead box P3 + regulatory T cell (FOXP3 + Treg) infiltration (r = 0.443, p
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