title: Up-regulation of human leukocyte antigen G expression in primary cutaneous malignant melanoma associated with host-vs-tumor immune response.
abstract: Human leukocyte antigen G (HLA-G) is one of the molecules implicated in immunotolerance. To investigate the role of HLA-G in primary cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM), a series of 47 skin melanocytic lesions were immunohistochemically evaluated. The correlation between HLA-G expression and CMM clinicohistopathological data and Bcl-2 expression was also analyzed. HLA-G expression was detected in a variety of cell types. No significant difference in HLA-G expression was observed between malignant and non-malignant melanocytic lesions. HLA-G expression was significantly correlated with the inflammatory infiltration and Bcl-2 expression, whereas no significant correlation with ulceration, tumor thickness, clinical stage, histopathological subtypes were observed. HLA-G expression may be the result of host immune reaction in tumor microenvironment rather than a malignant feature of CMM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China. fxf007@21cn.com
authors.forename: Xianfeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Xuxin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jiawen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007249:Inflammation; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D008545:Melanoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2