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Predictive Immune Modeling of Solid Tumors
Published on: February 25, 2020
Prognostic significance of CD103+ immune cells in solid tumor: a systemic review and meta-analysis
Younghoon Kim1,2, Yunjoo Shin1, Gyeong Hoon Kang3,4
1Laboratory of Epigenetics, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, 03080, Korea.
Abstract:
CD103 is a transmembrane heterodimer complex that mediates cell adhesion, migration, and lymphocyte homing of cell through interaction with E-cadherin. Recently, CD103+ immune cells in human carcinoma has been investigated as a prognostic factor, however, the correlation between CD103+ immune cells and survival are still elusive. Therefore, a meta-analysis was performed to determine the prognostic value of CD103+ immune cells in solid tumor. Studies relevant to the subject was searched from PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science. Ten studies including 2,824 patients were eligible for the analysis. Tumors positive for CD103+ immune cells were associated with favorable overall survival, disease-free survival, and disease-specific survival. Subgroup analysis revealed that assessing CD103+ immune cells in epithelial and total (both epithelial and stromal) areas or using whole slide section were associated with good prognosis. Furthermore, stromal CD103+ immune cells or CD103+ immune cells evaluated by tissue microarrays were not always significantly prognostic. In conclusion, these results show that CD103+ immune cells are associated with prognosis in solid tumor. However, the region of assessment and selection of material for the evaluation could affect the value of CD103 as a prognostic biomarker.
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