title: Immune consequences of protracted host-tumor interactions in a transgenic mouse model of mammary carcinoma.
abstract: A transgenic mouse model of autochthonous mammary carcinoma was chosen to study the impact of tumor progression on the immune system over an extended period. We found: i) that splenocyte numbers, particularly myeloid cells, increased concurrently with tumor burden; ii) the percentage of tumor-infiltrating Treg cells was similar to that in human breast cancer; iii) suppressed T cell proliferation and cytokine production and; iv) significantly elevated MCP-1 and TNF-alpha in the sera of tumor-bearing mice. The modified immune status in these tumor-bearing hosts is consistent with a "syndrome" that likely impacts the efficacy of cancer immunosurveillance and response to therapy.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Trina J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: M E Christine
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lutsiak
authors.forename: Scott I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Abrams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D016246:Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / Q000276:immunology; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines