GENG Wei-pu, XU Man, WANG Yu-qi, et al. An investigation of PD-L1,PD-L2 and B7-H4 expressions in human cervical cancer and their significance. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 36(10):1186-1189(2011)
GENG Wei-pu, XU Man, WANG Yu-qi, et al. An investigation of PD-L1,PD-L2 and B7-H4 expressions in human cervical cancer and their significance. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 36(10):1186-1189(2011)DOI:
An investigation of PD-L1,PD-L2 and B7-H4 expressions in human cervical cancer and their significance
Objective:To investigate the expressions of co-stimulation molecules PD-L1
PD-L2 and B7-H4 in human cervical cancers and their association with clinical and pathologic characteristics of the patients.Methods:The expressions of PD-L1
PD-L2 and B7-H4 in 10 cases of normal human cervical tissue
10 cases of CINⅡ~Ⅲ
and 67 cases of cervical cancer were detected by immunohistochemistry PV-6000 staining
and the relationship of their expressions to clinical and pathologic characteristics was evaluated.Results:There was no PD-L1 or B7-H4 expression in normal cervical tissue
but weak expression of PD-L2 in basal cervical epithelium;faint expressions of PD-L1
PD-L2 and B7-H4 were determined in CINⅡ~Ⅲ;70%(47/67)PD-L1
51%(34/67)PD-L2 and 46%(31/67)B7-H4 were detected in cervical cancers.PD-L1 expression in cancer cells was related to the cancer invasion depth(P<0.01)
PD-L2 expression related to the lymph node metastasis(P<0.05)
and B7-H4 expression related to lymph node metastasis(P<0.05)and vascular invasion(P<0.05).Conclusion:PD-L1
PD-L2 and B7-H4 express aberrantly in cervical cancer and are closely associated with the invasion and metastasis of cervical cancer.PD-L1
PD-L2 and B7-H4 may be the potential immunotherapy targets of cervical cancer.