T-lymphocyte subsets in smoking and lung cancer: Analysis of monoclonal antibodies and flow cytometry.
T-lymphocyte subsets in smoking and lung cancer: Analysis of monoclonal antibodies and flow cytometry.
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吸烟和肺癌中的 T 淋巴细胞亚群:单克隆抗体和流式细胞术分析。
DOI:
10.1164/arrd.1982.126.2.265
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1982
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Kazemi,H
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Ginns,LC;Goldenheim,PD;Miller,LG;Burton,RC;Gillick,L;Colvin,RB;Goldstein,G;Kung,PC;Hurwitz,C;Kazemi,H
In order to determine whether abnormalities of immunoregulatory T-cells occur in patients with lung cancer, we characterized peripheral T-lymphocytes in 26 patients with untreated lung cancer. The results in patients with primary squamous cancer (SC) (n = 10), primary adenocarcinoma (AC) (n = 7), and secondary lung metastases (M) (n = 9) were compared with each other and to subjects without cancer (n = 48), including nonsmokers (n = 29) and smokers (n = 19). We found that OKT3+(mature, peripheral) T-lymphocytes, including both OKT4+(inducer/helper) and OKT8+(cytotoxic/suppressor) lymphocytes, were increased in light-to-moderate smokers, but that OKT4+cells were decreased in heavy smokers (p < 0.05). The ratio of OKT4+to OKT8+(4/8) lymphocytes, reflecting the balance of immunoregulatory cells, was normal in light-to-moderate smokers, but was decreased in heavy smokers (p < 0.05). The profile of circulating T-cells in patients with SC was similar to the smokers. In contrast, in patients with AC, we found a decreased percentage of OKT8+cells (p < 0.05). The 4/8 ratio was elevated in patients with AC (p < 0.05). In patients with M, there was a decreased percentage of OKT3+cells reflected in both OKT4+and OKT8+subsets. The 4/8 ratio in patients with M was low. Thus, a number of abnormalities in circulating T-cells was found both in smokers and in patients with lung cancer. These results suggest that immunoregulatory abnormalities contribute to the pathogenesis of lung cancer.