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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
This study investigated the immunomodulatory effects of low-dose interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) in a cohort of 21 stage II or III melanoma patients treated in an adjuvant setting. Serial assessments in peripheral blood were performed at baseline and at regular intervals. Depletion of CD3+CD4+ T cells was predominant within the "central memory" and "memory" subsets. The impact of IFN-alpha was more marked at the level of all CD3+CD8+ T-cell subsets that showed a sustained and significant decrease. Both myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cell (DC) subsets were depleted, but the MDC/PDC ratio tended to increase 12 months after treatment. Also, CD14+CD16+ monocytes showed a significant increase of both MHC class I and the CD86 costimulatory molecule. IP-10/CXCL10 plasma levels significantly increased already at 3 months of therapy and remained at significantly high levels during the study period. The dramatic increase of IP-10/CXCL10 inversely correlated with a significant decrease of the CXCR3+CD8+ T lymphocytes. Low-dose IFN-alpha therapy can significantly affect phenotypic and functional properties of blood circulating lymphocytes and antigen-presenting cells, and production of IP-10/CXCL10, that appear to be important for the orchestration of an effective immune response during adjuvant IFN-alpha therapy for melanoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1878-3279
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
215
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Antigens, CD3, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Chemokine CXCL10, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-France, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Immunomodulation, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Interferon-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Lymphocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Melanoma, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Polyethylene Glycols, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Receptors, CXCR3, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-Skin Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19450896-T-Lymphocyte Subsets
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Induction of IP-10/CXCL10 secretion as an immunomodulatory effect of low-dose adjuvant interferon-alpha during treatment of melanoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire d'Immunologie des Tumeurs, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Université de la Méditerranée, INSERM UMR 599, 232 Bd. Sainte Marguerite, Marseille Cedex 09, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study, Clinical Trial, Phase III