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Role of Cytokines in Cancer
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Role of Cytokines in Cancer

A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Tumor Microenvironment".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 707

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Venkataswarup Tiriveedhi

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1. Department of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN 37209, USA
2. Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37209, USA
Interests: breast cancer; medicine; healthcare; immunology; cancer; transplant; role of cytokines in the development of inflammatory-injury-mediated carcinogenesis
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Dear Colleagues,

In the past two decades, there has been an expansion in the understanding of the role of chronic inflammation in tumorigenesis. Infiltrating inflammatory cells in the tumor microenvironment secrete a wide array of cytokines, which play a critical role in various aspects of carcinogenesis. Cytokines, upon binding with their specific receptors on the immune and tumor cells, trigger oncogenic signaling pathways, which impact various aspects of cancer progression and metastasis. An in-depth understanding of these pathways offers avenues for multiple clinical applications, varying from diagnostics to drug discovery. Advances in technologies such as next-generation sequencing, CyTOF and liquid biopsy offer an enhanced understanding of the tumor microenvironment. In this Special Issue, entitled "Cytokines and Cancer", authors are invited to contribute original research papers or review that provide critical insights into the role of cytokines in molecular events leading to the development and progression of cancer.

Dr. Venkataswarup Tiriveedhi
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • inflammation
  • tumor microenvironment
  • cytokines

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Lymphocyte Function at Baseline Could Be a New Predictor of Tumor Burden following Six Cycles of Radium-223 Therapy in Patients with Metastasized, Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
by Vahé Barsegian, Daniel Möckel, Sebastian Buehler, Stefan P. Müller, Michael C. Kreissl, Patrick Ostheim, Peter A. Horn and Monika Lindemann
Cancers 2024, 16(5), 886; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16050886 - 22 Feb 2024
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Previous data indicate that one cycle of treatment with radium-223 (223Ra) did not significantly impair lymphocyte function in patients with metastasized, castration-resistant prostate cancer. The aim of the current study was to assess in 21 patients whether six cycles of this [...] Read more.
Previous data indicate that one cycle of treatment with radium-223 (223Ra) did not significantly impair lymphocyte function in patients with metastasized, castration-resistant prostate cancer. The aim of the current study was to assess in 21 patients whether six cycles of this therapy had an effect on lymphocyte proliferation and interferon-γ and interleukin (IL)-10 ELISpot results. Lymphocyte proliferation after stimulation with microbial antigens and the production of interferon-γ continuously decreased after six cycles of radionuclide therapy, reaching statistical significance (p < 0.05) at months 1, 2, 4, and/or 6 after therapy. One month after the last cycle of therapy, 67% of patients showed a decrease in tumor burden. The tumor burden correlated negatively with IL-10 secretion at baseline, e.g., after stimulation with tetanus antigen (p < 0.0001, r = −0.82). As determined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, tetanus-specific IL-10 spots at baseline had the highest predictive value (p = 0.005) for tumor burden at month 6, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.90 (sensitivity 100%, specificity 78%). In conclusion, we observed an additive effect of treatment with 223Ra on immune function and found that IL-10 secretion at baseline predicted tumor burden at month 6 after treatment. Full article
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