Xiangting Qiu1, Xinhua Wang1, Yucui Song1, Lingling Chen2. 1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Yishui Central Hospital, No. 17, Health Road, Yishui County, Linyi, 276400, Shandong, China. 2. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Yishui Central Hospital, No. 17, Health Road, Yishui County, Linyi, 276400, Shandong, China. chenlilidtsg@sina.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma is a major type of liver cancer with poor prognosis. AIM: The aim of the study was to determine the prognostic significance of plasma interleukin-35 level in hepatocellular carcinoma. METHODS: A total of 153 hepatocellular carcinoma patients and 153 healthy controls were enrolled. Blood samples were obtained at admission. Plasma interleukin-35 level was analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Distribution of T cell subset and expression of Fas/FasL protein were detected by flow cytometry. The patients were followed up for 2 years. Poor prognosis was defined as death of hepatocellular carcinoma. RESULTS: The plasma levels of interleukin-35 were significantly higher in the patients than the controls (25.1 ± 13.1, 9.3 ± 6.3 pg/mL, P < 0.001). After adjusted for multiple confounding factors, the multivariate logistic regression analyses reported that high level of interleukin-35 (≥25.0 pg/mL) was associated with the poor prognosis in the patients (OR 6.63, 95 % CI 3.27-13.47). Compared with the patients with low level of interleukin-35 (<25.0 pg/mL), the patients with high level of interleukin-35 showed higher frequencies of CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ and CD3+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (P < 0.001 and P < 0.001) and also showed higher apoptosis levels of CD8+ T cells (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Circulating interleukin-35 concentration might be an independent prognostic indicator in hepatocellular carcinoma. Such prognostic significance could be partly involved in the activation of regulatory T cell and the apoptosis of CD8+ T cell.
BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma is a major type of liver cancer with poor prognosis. AIM: The aim of the study was to determine the prognostic significance of plasma interleukin-35 level in hepatocellular carcinoma. METHODS: A total of 153 hepatocellular carcinomapatients and 153 healthy controls were enrolled. Blood samples were obtained at admission. Plasma interleukin-35 level was analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Distribution of T cell subset and expression of Fas/FasL protein were detected by flow cytometry. The patients were followed up for 2 years. Poor prognosis was defined as death of hepatocellular carcinoma. RESULTS: The plasma levels of interleukin-35 were significantly higher in the patients than the controls (25.1 ± 13.1, 9.3 ± 6.3 pg/mL, P < 0.001). After adjusted for multiple confounding factors, the multivariate logistic regression analyses reported that high level of interleukin-35 (≥25.0 pg/mL) was associated with the poor prognosis in the patients (OR 6.63, 95 % CI 3.27-13.47). Compared with the patients with low level of interleukin-35 (<25.0 pg/mL), the patients with high level of interleukin-35 showed higher frequencies of CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ and CD3+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (P < 0.001 and P < 0.001) and also showed higher apoptosis levels of CD8+ T cells (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Circulating interleukin-35 concentration might be an independent prognostic indicator in hepatocellular carcinoma. Such prognostic significance could be partly involved in the activation of regulatory T cell and the apoptosis of CD8+ T cell.
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Apoptosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interleukin-35; Prognosis; Regulatory T lymphocytes
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