PMID: 22558993May 9, 2012Paper

Expression and significance of the NK cell receptors in primary hepatocellular carcinoma and paracancerous tissues

Xi bao yu fen zi mian yi xue za zhi = Chinese journal of cellular and molecular immunology
Jin-hua JiangQiang Chen

Abstract

To investigate the expression of the activating and inhibitory receptors on the surface of NK cells of primary hepatocellular carcinoma and its adjacent tissues, and the relationship between these two receptors and occurrence and development of primary liver cancer was analyzed. The number and activity of the NK cells, the expression of the activating and the inhibitory receptors on the surface of those cells were detected flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry, which were obtained from 52 cases of primary hepatocellular carcinoma and its adjacent tissues. The relative analysis was done between those results and clinical relative factors. In the tissues of primary hepacellular carcinoma, the number of NK cells is lower than that in the adjacent tissues obviously (P<0.01); the expression of activating receptors, NKG2D and NKP44, is also lower than that in the adjacent tissues obviously (P<0.05); the expression of inhibitory receptors, CD158b and CD159a, is significantly higher than that in the adjacent tissues (P<0.05). A negative correlation was found between the expression of NKG2D, NKP30 and NKP44 and the clinical stage of the liver cancer. The expression of NKG2D, NKP30 and NKP44 was higher in patients with early and middle...Continue Reading

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