Morphological observation of tumor infiltrating immunocytes in human rectal cancer

作     者：Zun-liang Xie Li-Min Jia Ye-Chun He Jiang-Tao Gao 

作者机构：Department of Anatomy Harbin Medical University Harbin 150086 Heilongjiang Province China 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2006年第12卷第11期

页      面：1757-1760页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province  No.D0234 

主　　题：Rectal cancer Tumor infiltrating dendritic cells Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes 

摘      要：AIM： To investigate the morphological characterization of tumor infiltrating dendritic cells （TIDCs） and tumor infiltrating lymphocytes （TILs） in human rectal cancer. METHODS： Light and electron microscopy as well as immunohistochemistry were used to observe the distributive and morphological changes of TIDCs and TILs. RESULTS： TIDCs were mainly located in tumor-surrounding tissue. The number of TIDCs in the earlier stage was higher than that in the later stage （P〈 0.01）. TILs were mainly seen in adjacent tissue of cancers and tumor-surrounding tissue. There were more TILs in the earlier stage than that in the later stage （P〈0.01）. Under electron microscope, TIDCs were irregular in shape and exhibited many dendritic protrusions. It isn＇t obvious that cancer cells perforated the basement membrane and TILs were arranged along the basement membrane in the earlier stage. In the later stage, it is explicit that cancer cells perforated the basement membrane and surrounded by TILs. There were contacts among TIDCs, TILs and tumor cell. One IIDCs contacted one or several TILs which clustered around TIDCs. Glycogen granules were seen between TIDCs and Tits. CONCLUSION： The number of TIDCs and TILs is related with tumor progression There exist close relationships among TIDCs, TILs and tumor cell.