
美國哥倫比亞大學醫學中心研究團隊發現,肺癌腫瘤周圍存在帶有CHL1標記的特殊纖維母細胞,會招來壓制免疫反應的T細胞,助長腫瘤躲避免疫攻擊。
美國研究團隊發現肺癌腫瘤周圍存在帶有CHL1標記的特殊纖維母細胞,會釋放訊號招募調節型T細胞至腫瘤附近,壓制免疫反應並協助癌細胞躲避攻擊,為未來肺癌治療提供新研究方向。
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美國哥倫比亞大學醫學中心研究團隊分析肺腺癌腫瘤周圍的細胞,發現特殊纖維母細胞與免疫抑制環境密切相關。
肺癌腫瘤周圍竟藏著一群「幫兇」細胞!美國哥倫比亞大學醫學中心研究團隊發現,這些細胞會釋放訊號,把會壓制免疫反應的T細胞招到腫瘤附近,可能讓癌細胞更容易躲過人體免疫攻擊。
科技新聞網站《SciTechDaily》報導,這項研究已刊於《自然免疫學》(Nature Immunology)。研究團隊分析肺腺癌腫瘤周圍的細胞,發現其中有一群特殊的纖維母細胞,與腫瘤內的免疫抑制環境密切相關。
這些「幫兇」並非癌細胞,而是腫瘤周圍的纖維母細胞。研究團隊發現,肺癌組織中特別容易出現其中一類特殊細胞,它們身上帶有一種名為「CHL1」的特殊分子標記,就像掛著專屬名牌,研究人員正是靠這項標記把它們辨認出來。
這些細胞會釋放一種化學訊號,把調節型T細胞(Treg)招到腫瘤邊界。Treg原本是用來避免免疫反應過度的細胞,但大量聚集在腫瘤附近後,反而可能壓制攻擊癌細胞的免疫反應。
研究團隊接著在小鼠肺癌模型中阻斷這套「招募」機制,結果發現,聚集在腫瘤周圍的免疫抑制細胞減少,負責攻擊癌細胞的殺手T細胞變得更活躍,腫瘤負荷也隨之下降。
研究團隊再分析人類非小細胞肺癌資料,也找到相似的特殊纖維母細胞,並發現它們常與Treg出現在同一個腫瘤區域。分析也發現,這類CHL1標記較明顯的腫瘤,患者的無惡化存活期較短,腫瘤內負責殺死癌細胞的免疫活性也較低。
研究團隊認為,這項發現可能提供肺腺癌未來治療研究的新標靶。不過,目前證據主要來自細胞分析、小鼠實驗及人體腫瘤資料,還不能視為已經找到可直接用於患者的新療法。

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