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Inverse Modulation of Il-10 and Il-12 in the Blood of Women with Preneoplastic Lesions of the Uterine Cervix
Jacobs, Nathalie; Giannini, Sandra L; Doyen, Jean et al.
1998In Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 111 (1), p. 219-24
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Keywords :
Cytokines; uterine cervix; Human papillomavirus
Abstract :
[en] It has been postulated that an impaired immune response may contribute to the progression of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated preneoplastic lesions. Based on this hypothesis, we evaluated the cytokine production in the blood of patients with squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) of the uterine cervix. The levels of type-1 (interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and IL-12) and type-2(IL-4 and IL-10) cytokines were measured in whole blood culture supernatants of patients with low- and high-grade SIL and control women. There was no difference in IL-4 and IFN-gamma levels between patients with SIL and the control group. In contrast, the ratio of IL-12/IL-10 levels was significantly lower in patients with SIL compared with the control group. A lower IL-12/IL-10 ratio in women with SIL was also observed when peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) culture supernatants and plasma samples were analysed. In patients, neither the lower expression of the CD3epsilon chain nor the higher frequency of HLA-DRB1*1501 expression could be correlated with abnormal cytokine production. These results suggest that a part of the cytokine network, namely IL-10 and IL-12, is perturbed in patients with SIL. A better knowledge of the role of these cytokines in regulating the growth of HPV-associated SIL might have practical implications for the development of vaccines or immunomodulatory strategies in the treatment of cervical cancers.
Disciplines :
Oncology
Immunology & infectious disease
Author, co-author :
Jacobs, Nathalie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques
Giannini, Sandra L
Doyen, Jean ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Gynécologie-Obstétrique CHR
Baptista, A.
Moutschen, Michel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Immunopathologie - Transplantation
Boniver, Jacques ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques
Delvenne, Philippe ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques
Language :
English
Title :
Inverse Modulation of Il-10 and Il-12 in the Blood of Women with Preneoplastic Lesions of the Uterine Cervix
Publication date :
January 1998
Journal title :
Clinical and Experimental Immunology
ISSN :
0009-9104
eISSN :
1365-2249
Publisher :
Blackwell, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
111
Issue :
1
Pages :
219-24
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
CAC - Centre anticancéreux près l'Université de Liège asbl [BE]
Centre de recherche interuniversitaire en vaccinologie (région Wallonne et GSK)
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