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Detection and characterization of macrophages in the tumors of viral and non-viral etiology
Dalewská, Natálie ; Tachezy, Ruth (advisor) ; Krulová, Magdaléna (referee)
Head and neck cancers are etiologically associated with smoking and alcohol consumption. Part of these tumors is induced by HPV and their incidence is increasing in the last decade. Patients with virally induced tumors have better prognosis even though they are usually diagnosed with tumors in advanced stage. One of the possible explanations may be better stimulation of the immune system by viral antigens. Macrophages are cells of the innate immune system which belong to professional phagocytes. They are called TAM upon infiltration to the tumor where they represent heterogeneous group of cells. Two main phenotypes are antitumor M1 and protumor M2 macrophages. TAMs are a major component of tumor microenvironment of many types of tumors, one of them are also head and neck cancers. In my thesis I focused on the immunohistochemical detection of M1 and M2 macrophages in the head and neck tumors of viral and non-viral etiology and at the same time RT-qPCR analyses of gene expression of macrophage-associated and/or immunosuppressive genes IDO1, ARG1, CD163, NOS2 a PTGS2 was performed. My data showed that HPV- negative tumors had higher number of M2 macrophages with typical markers CD163, ARG1 and PTGS2. It is known that patients with these tumors have worse prognosis of the disease. Due to high...
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Immune cells infiltrating premalignant lesions and invasive carcinomas associated with HPV infection
Dalewská, Natálie ; Tachezy, Ruth (advisor) ; Španielová, Hana (referee)
The immune system participates in many defence mechanisms of the body which in- volve the action of different types of immune cells. Immune cells play an important role in tumour development and progression. They infiltrate tumours and contribute to the tumour microenvironment. They are also implicated in diseases associated with human papillomavi- rus infection. Human papillomaviruses are viruses with oncogenic potential which cause in- fection in a number of anatomical locations of the human body. Such infection can lead to benign lesions, pre-invasive lesions, and invasive tumours. Pre-invasive lesions often re- gress spontaneously, but at advanced stages of the disease, progression to malignancy can occur. The tendency to regress or progress varies depending on the HPV genotype involved in the lesion and the quantity, type, and location of infiltrating immune cells. The synergy of these factors influences the prognosis and treatment of the disease, and, therefore, deter- mining the immunological score as an important diagnostic parameter becomes of utmost relevance. The knowledge of the effect of immune cells on tumour cells is useful in immunotherapy, which is based on the activation of the patient's own anti-tumour immune mechanisms. Immunotherapy is used in combination with systemic therapy...
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Detection and characterization of macrophages in the tumors of viral and non-viral etiology
Dalewská, Natálie ; Tachezy, Ruth (advisor) ; Krulová, Magdaléna (referee)
Head and neck cancers are etiologically associated with smoking and alcohol consumption. Part of these tumors is induced by HPV and their incidence is increasing in the last decade. Patients with virally induced tumors have better prognosis even though they are usually diagnosed with tumors in advanced stage. One of the possible explanations may be better stimulation of the immune system by viral antigens. Macrophages are cells of the innate immune system which belong to professional phagocytes. They are called TAM upon infiltration to the tumor where they represent heterogeneous group of cells. Two main phenotypes are antitumor M1 and protumor M2 macrophages. TAMs are a major component of tumor microenvironment of many types of tumors, one of them are also head and neck cancers. In my thesis I focused on the immunohistochemical detection of M1 and M2 macrophages in the head and neck tumors of viral and non-viral etiology and at the same time RT-qPCR analyses of gene expression of macrophage-associated and/or immunosuppressive genes IDO1, ARG1, CD163, NOS2 a PTGS2 was performed. My data showed that HPV- negative tumors had higher number of M2 macrophages with typical markers CD163, ARG1 and PTGS2. It is known that patients with these tumors have worse prognosis of the disease. Due to high...
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Immune cells infiltrating premalignant lesions and invasive carcinomas associated with HPV infection
Dalewská, Natálie ; Tachezy, Ruth (advisor) ; Španielová, Hana (referee)
The immune system participates in many defence mechanisms of the body which in- volve the action of different types of immune cells. Immune cells play an important role in tumour development and progression. They infiltrate tumours and contribute to the tumour microenvironment. They are also implicated in diseases associated with human papillomavi- rus infection. Human papillomaviruses are viruses with oncogenic potential which cause in- fection in a number of anatomical locations of the human body. Such infection can lead to benign lesions, pre-invasive lesions, and invasive tumours. Pre-invasive lesions often re- gress spontaneously, but at advanced stages of the disease, progression to malignancy can occur. The tendency to regress or progress varies depending on the HPV genotype involved in the lesion and the quantity, type, and location of infiltrating immune cells. The synergy of these factors influences the prognosis and treatment of the disease, and, therefore, deter- mining the immunological score as an important diagnostic parameter becomes of utmost relevance. The knowledge of the effect of immune cells on tumour cells is useful in immunotherapy, which is based on the activation of the patient's own anti-tumour immune mechanisms. Immunotherapy is used in combination with systemic therapy...
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