PMID- 25550889 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150922 LR - 20181113 IS - 1936-2625 (Electronic) IS - 1936-2625 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 11 DP - 2014 TI - Function and subsets of dendritic cells and natural killer cells were decreased in gastric cancer. PG - 8304-11 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) and natural killer (NK) cells initiate specific immune responses against tumor cells. The aim of the present study was to determine the cytotoxicity and the subsets of the DC and NK cells and the cytokines level of DC and NK cells from cancer tissue and peripheral blood in the gastric cancer patients. Cytotoxicity of DC and NK was determined using the Cytotox non-radioactive assay. The cytotoxic activity of DC or NK isolated from cancer tissue and peripheral blood was attenuated in gastric cancer patients. CD11c, CD80, CD83, CD16, CD57 and CD69 were decreased in the cancer tissue and peripheral blood in the gastric cancer patients. CD86, CCR7 and CD59 were no significance in the cancer tissue and peripheral blood from gastric cancer patients. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-2, T-bet and IL-15Rbeta levels were decreased in DC and NK from the gastric cancer tissue and peripheral blood in the gastric cancer patients. IL-15 and IL-15Ralpha level were no significance in DC and NK in the gastric cancer tissue and peripheral blood in the gastric cancer patients. These results indicate that the cytotoxic activity and subsets and cytokines of DC and NK cells in the cancer tissue and peripheral blood in the gastric cancer patients were decreased. The decrease of subsets content and cytokines of DC and NK may contribute to a decrease in the function of DC and NK in the tissue and peripheral blood in the gastric cancer patients. FAU - Chen, Jianping AU - Chen J AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, The First People's Hospital of Changzhou Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Yang, Jing AU - Yang J AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, The First People's Hospital of Changzhou Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Jiang, Jingting AU - Jiang J AD - Department of Tumor Biological Treatment, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, The First People's Hospital of Changzhou Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Zhuang, Yun AU - Zhuang Y AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, The First People's Hospital of Changzhou Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. FAU - He, Wei AU - He W AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, The First People's Hospital of Changzhou Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141015 PL - United States TA - Int J Clin Exp Pathol JT - International journal of clinical and experimental pathology JID - 101480565 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Antigens, CD/analysis MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cytokines/biosynthesis MH - Dendritic Cells/cytology/*immunology MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Humans MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Killer Cells, Natural/cytology/*immunology MH - Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology MH - Stomach Neoplasms/*immunology PMC - PMC4270606 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Dendritic cell OT - cytokine OT - cytotoxicity OT - natural killer cell EDAT- 2015/01/01 06:00 MHDA- 2015/09/24 06:00 PMCR- 2014/10/15 CRDT- 2015/01/01 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/10/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/01/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/01/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/09/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/10/15 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - epublish SO - Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2014 Oct 15;7(11):8304-11. eCollection 2014.