Open AccessObservation of tumor-associated macrophages expression in gastric cancer and its clinical pathological relationship
Author(s) -
Qing Zhu,
Xia Wu,
Mingyang Tang,
Ligao Wu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1536-5964
pISSN - 0025-7974
DOI - 10.1097/md.0000000000019839
Subject(s) - medicine , immunohistochemistry , cancer , pathology , cd163 , pathological , metastasis , cd16 , stage (stratigraphy) , lymphatic system , helicobacter pylori , tumor associated macrophage , antigen , macrophage , immunology , biology , cd3 , paleontology , biochemistry , cd8 , in vitro
The present study was designed to investigate the expression of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in gastric cancer and its clinicopathological relationship. In addition, we also aimed to analyze the relationship between helicobacter pylori (HP) infection and TAMs in gastric cancer. The protein expression of CD16 and CD163 in 90 gastric cancer tissues and 30 margin tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry. HP infection was detected in 90 gastric cancer tissues and 30 margin tissues by gram staining and immunohistochemistry. There was no clear correlation between CD16 macrophages and gastric cancer. The density of CD163 macrophages was not correlated with the general condition of tumor patients, but with tumor size, tumor differentiation, lymphatic metastasis, depth of invasion and TNM stage. Additionally, the infection rate of HP in gastric cancer tissues was significantly higher. In summary, TAMs are associated with tumor size, degree of differentiation, depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis and TNM stage, suggesting their critical role in the invasion and metastasis of gastric cancer.