title: Infiltration of lung carcinomas with macrophages of the 27E10-positive phenotype.
abstract: In order to gain insight into the role of macrophages in human lung carcinomas, we investigated material from 35 lung carcinomas and 5 healthy lungs with 4 different antibodies (CD68, MRP8, MRP14, 27E10) recognizing different macrophage subtypes. Infiltration with CD68-positive macrophages was highest and comparable in healthy lungs and lung carcinomas. Compared to healthy lungs, the infiltration of MRP8- and MRP14-positive macrophages was reduced in lung carcinomas while the number of 27E10-positive cells was enhanced. No difference in the infiltration of macrophages was observed between the different histological subtypes of carcinomas such as squamous carcinoma, small lung carcinoma, adenocarcinoma and bronchio-alveolar carcinoma. Furthermore, we present a highly suitable technique for the isolation and enrichment of macrophages from human lung carcinomas resulting in a 5-10 fold enrichment and a yield of e.g. 2-3 x 10(6) 27E10-positive macrophages/g tumor biopsy. Together with the recent findings that 27E10-positive macrophages are prevalent in early acute inflammation and release cytotoxic mediators and to inhibit tumor cell proliferation our findings suggest that 27E10-positive macrophages may play a role in antitumor cytotoxicity in human lung carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Endress
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Freudenberg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fitzke
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Grahmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hasse
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dieter
mesh_terms: D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / Q000032:analysis; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D010641:Phenotype; D000097382:CD68 Molecule
chemical_list: D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D015703:Antigens, CD; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic; C067980:CD68 antigen, human; D000097382:CD68 Molecule