Tumor Microenvironment in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Role and Prognosis

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) represents 30-40% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) and is a disease with an aggressive behavior. Because about one-third of DLBCL patients will be refractory or resistant to standard therapy, several studies focused on identification of new individual prognost...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Ioana Cioroianu, Patricia Irina Stinga, Liana Sticlaru, Mirela Daniela Cioplea, Luciana Nichita, Cristiana Popp, Florica Staniceanu
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Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Analytical Cellular Pathology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8586354
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Patricia Irina Stinga
Liana Sticlaru
Mirela Daniela Cioplea
Luciana Nichita
Cristiana Popp
Florica Staniceanu
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description Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) represents 30-40% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) and is a disease with an aggressive behavior. Because about one-third of DLBCL patients will be refractory or resistant to standard therapy, several studies focused on identification of new individual prognostic and risk stratification biomarkers and new potential therapeutic targets. In contrast to other types of cancers like carcinomas, where tumor microenvironment was widely investigated, its role in DLBCL pathogenesis and patient survival is still poorly understood, although few studies had promising results. The composition of TME and its interaction with neoplastic cells may explain the role of several genes (beta2-microglobulin gene, CD58 gene), receptor-like programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1), or other cell components (Treg) in tumor evasion of immune surveillance, resulting in tumor progression. Also, it was found that “gene expression profile” of the microenvironmental cells, the phenotype of tumor-associated macrophages (TAM), the expression of matricellular proteins like SPARC and fibronectin, the overexpression of several types of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) like MMP-2 and MMP-9, or the tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs) may lead to a favorable or adverse outcome. With this review, we try to highlight the influence of microenvironment components over lymphoid clone progression and their prognostic impact in DLBCL patients.
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spelling doaj-art-7f6c0c93f7054f59b0f1dfcdaee3be002025-08-20T02:08:42ZengWileyAnalytical Cellular Pathology2210-71772210-71852019-01-01201910.1155/2019/85863548586354Tumor Microenvironment in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Role and PrognosisAlexandra Ioana Cioroianu0Patricia Irina Stinga1Liana Sticlaru2Mirela Daniela Cioplea3Luciana Nichita4Cristiana Popp5Florica Staniceanu6Department of Pathology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Pathology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Pathology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Pathology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Pathology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Pathology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, RomaniaFaculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, 020021 Bucharest, RomaniaDiffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) represents 30-40% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) and is a disease with an aggressive behavior. Because about one-third of DLBCL patients will be refractory or resistant to standard therapy, several studies focused on identification of new individual prognostic and risk stratification biomarkers and new potential therapeutic targets. In contrast to other types of cancers like carcinomas, where tumor microenvironment was widely investigated, its role in DLBCL pathogenesis and patient survival is still poorly understood, although few studies had promising results. The composition of TME and its interaction with neoplastic cells may explain the role of several genes (beta2-microglobulin gene, CD58 gene), receptor-like programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1), or other cell components (Treg) in tumor evasion of immune surveillance, resulting in tumor progression. Also, it was found that “gene expression profile” of the microenvironmental cells, the phenotype of tumor-associated macrophages (TAM), the expression of matricellular proteins like SPARC and fibronectin, the overexpression of several types of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) like MMP-2 and MMP-9, or the tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs) may lead to a favorable or adverse outcome. With this review, we try to highlight the influence of microenvironment components over lymphoid clone progression and their prognostic impact in DLBCL patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8586354
spellingShingle Alexandra Ioana Cioroianu
Patricia Irina Stinga
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Mirela Daniela Cioplea
Luciana Nichita
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Florica Staniceanu
Tumor Microenvironment in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Role and Prognosis
Analytical Cellular Pathology
title Tumor Microenvironment in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Role and Prognosis
title_full Tumor Microenvironment in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Role and Prognosis
title_fullStr Tumor Microenvironment in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Role and Prognosis
title_full_unstemmed Tumor Microenvironment in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Role and Prognosis
title_short Tumor Microenvironment in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Role and Prognosis
title_sort tumor microenvironment in diffuse large b cell lymphoma role and prognosis
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8586354
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