唐亞尼 孫洋 葉茂
摘要:惡性腫瘤嚴(yán)重威脅人類健康,其侵襲和轉(zhuǎn)移是腫瘤患者死亡的重要原因。大量研究表明,腫瘤微環(huán)境 對(duì)腫瘤細(xì)胞的侵襲和轉(zhuǎn)移有著重要的作用。腫瘤細(xì)胞在腫瘤微環(huán)境中會(huì)受到多種因素的影響,其中炎癥反應(yīng) 產(chǎn)生的多種炎癥細(xì)胞、細(xì)胞因子等會(huì)為腫瘤細(xì)胞的惡性轉(zhuǎn)化提供有利條件。關(guān)鍵詞:炎癥反應(yīng);腫瘤侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移;炎癥細(xì)胞;細(xì)胞因子中圖分類號(hào):(77) 文獻(xiàn)標(biāo)識(shí)碼:A 文章編號(hào):1007-7847(2015)02-0160-05Recent Progresses on Inflammation-mediated Promotion of Tumor Invasion and MetastasisTANG Ya-ni, SUN Yang, YE Mao"(College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, China)Abstract: Malignant tumor is a great threat to human health. Invasion and metastasis of tumor cell are the major cause of death for cancer patients. Recent studies show that tumor microenvironment is very important factor in the regulation of tumor invasion and metastasis. The progress of tumor malignant transformation can be promoted by inflammation via the secretion of inflammatory cells and cytokines.Key words:in flammation;tumor invasion and metastasis;inflammatory cells; cytokines(Life Science Research, 2015,19(2): 160?164) 腫瘤的侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移是腫瘤的惡性特征之一,是大多數(shù)癌癥病人死亡的主要原因。腫瘤的轉(zhuǎn)移是一個(gè)多步驟、多因素的復(fù)雜過(guò)程,即腫瘤細(xì)胞離開原發(fā)腫瘤部位遷移到機(jī)體其他部位[1、2]。長(zhǎng)期的研究發(fā)現(xiàn),轉(zhuǎn)移包括以下幾個(gè)步驟:上皮間質(zhì)轉(zhuǎn)換(epithelial mesenchymal transition,EMT),局部浸潤(rùn),滲入血管,隨血液循環(huán)系統(tǒng)轉(zhuǎn)移并存活,移出血管,在新的部位定居、增殖、形成轉(zhuǎn)移灶。轉(zhuǎn)移中的每一個(gè)階段都需要腫瘤細(xì)胞與腫瘤微環(huán)境中的免疫細(xì)胞、基質(zhì)、炎癥成分之間的緊密聯(lián)系和合作[3、4]。腫瘤的成功轉(zhuǎn)移依賴于腫瘤細(xì)胞的內(nèi)在特性和腫瘤微環(huán)境釋放的適當(dāng)信號(hào)。炎癥細(xì)胞是腫瘤微環(huán)境的重要組成部分,能釋放一些可溶性調(diào)節(jié)因子,提供促進(jìn)腫瘤細(xì)胞傳播的信號(hào),在腫瘤侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移過(guò)程中有重要作用[2、5]。炎癥反應(yīng)是一個(gè)復(fù)雜的過(guò)程,涉及廣泛的細(xì)胞和分子生理學(xué)變化[6]。19世紀(jì)RudolfVirchow觀察到腫瘤組織中存在炎癥細(xì)胞,并首次提出炎癥和腫瘤之間存在關(guān)聯(lián)的假設(shè)[7]。炎癥細(xì)胞存在于多數(shù)的腫瘤組織中,特別是浸潤(rùn)性腫瘤轉(zhuǎn)移灶的前沿,直接或間接與浸潤(rùn)性的腫瘤細(xì)胞相互作用,促進(jìn)微轉(zhuǎn)移的形成[8]。炎癥反應(yīng)與腫瘤轉(zhuǎn)移之間的聯(lián)系,在人類許多癌癥中已經(jīng)被證實(shí)。炎癥細(xì)胞分泌一些細(xì)胞因子和趨化因子,是炎癥微環(huán)境的重要組成部分。這些細(xì)胞因子和趨化因子的變化會(huì)引起腫瘤微環(huán)境的改變,從而影響腫瘤細(xì)胞的遷移能力。炎癥微環(huán)境在腫瘤轉(zhuǎn)移進(jìn)程中的多個(gè)階段均有重要作用。EMT是腫瘤轉(zhuǎn)移過(guò)程的關(guān)鍵步驟,是腫瘤發(fā)生轉(zhuǎn)移的標(biāo)志性事件。腫瘤細(xì)胞的EMT過(guò)程可通過(guò)一些炎癥因子如轉(zhuǎn)化生長(zhǎng)因子(transforminggrowthfactorbeta,TGF-yS),白細(xì)胞介素1(interleukin-1,IL-1)、腫瘤壞死因子(tumornecro?sisfactor,TNF)、白細(xì)胞介素6(interleukin-6,IL-6)誘導(dǎo)的NF—/fB(nuclearfactor/cB)、STAT3(signaltransducerandactivatoroftranscription3)信號(hào)通路激活。炎癥信號(hào)還能調(diào)節(jié)多種蛋白酶的分泌及活性,促進(jìn)細(xì)胞外基質(zhì)的降解,使得腫瘤細(xì)胞更容易侵入。炎性細(xì)胞因子能夠促使腫瘤細(xì)胞向血管轉(zhuǎn)移,直接刺激惡性腫瘤細(xì)胞滲入血管,如TNF-α可以增加血管通透性。此外,細(xì)胞因子對(duì)轉(zhuǎn)移腫瘤細(xì)胞的生存、招募、定居和生長(zhǎng)非常重要[8]。目前大量的研究著眼于闡明腫瘤微環(huán)境中的腫瘤細(xì)胞和炎癥細(xì)胞是如何相互作用和影響,從而介導(dǎo)腫瘤的轉(zhuǎn)移。本文就炎癥在腫瘤轉(zhuǎn)移中的作用作一綜述。1炎癥細(xì)胞在腫瘤侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移中的作用腫瘤間質(zhì)實(shí)際上是一個(gè)慢性的炎癥環(huán)境,炎癥細(xì)胞是腫瘤間質(zhì)的重要組成部分。腫瘤微環(huán)境中的炎癥細(xì)胞主要包括腫瘤相關(guān)的巨噬細(xì)胞(tumorassociatedmacrophages,TAM)、腫瘤相關(guān)的成纖維細(xì)胞(cancerassociatedfibroblasts,CAFs)、髓系來(lái)源抑制細(xì)胞(myeloid-derivedsuppressorcells,MI)SC)、中性粒細(xì)胞,在腫瘤的發(fā)生發(fā)展過(guò)程中起著重要作用。1.1腫瘤相關(guān)的巨噬細(xì)胞腫瘤相關(guān)的巨噬細(xì)胞是腫瘤間質(zhì)中數(shù)量最多的炎癥細(xì)胞群,約占炎癥細(xì)胞總數(shù)的10%-65%。TAM被認(rèn)為是腫瘤細(xì)胞侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移中的重要參與者,他的高度浸潤(rùn)與腫瘤的不良預(yù)后密切相關(guān)[9、10]。最近的研究顯示,單核細(xì)胞在不同腫瘤微環(huán)境的刺激下發(fā)生兩種不同性質(zhì)的極化,即經(jīng)典活化型巨噬細(xì)胞(Ml)和替代性活化型巨噬細(xì)胞(M2)。Ml型是免疫反應(yīng)中的效應(yīng)細(xì)胞,能殺傷微生物和腫瘤細(xì)胞。M2型在大多數(shù)腫瘤中是白細(xì)胞滲透的重要組件,能限制炎癥反應(yīng)和I型適應(yīng)性免疫,促進(jìn)血管生成,參與組織重塑和修復(fù)[10]。TAM屬于M2型巨噬細(xì)胞,分泌大量的炎癥因子,在腫瘤浸潤(rùn)和轉(zhuǎn)移的多個(gè)階段起促進(jìn)作用[11]。EMT是具有極性的上皮細(xì)胞轉(zhuǎn)換成具有活動(dòng)能力、能夠在細(xì)胞基質(zhì)間自由移動(dòng)的間質(zhì)細(xì)胞的過(guò)程,是腫瘤侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移中的關(guān)鍵步驟[12-14]。目前關(guān)于TAM促腫瘤EMT的機(jī)制研究主要集中在TAM所分泌的炎癥因子及金屬蛋白酶。例如,TAM產(chǎn)生的炎癥因子TNF-α與受體TNFK結(jié)合后,通過(guò)NF-zcB信號(hào)通路抑制GSK-3;S(glycogensynthasekinase-3y8)的表達(dá),從而引起轉(zhuǎn)錄因子Snail上調(diào),Snail可以在轉(zhuǎn)錄水平抑制鈣粘附蛋白E(E-cadherin)的表達(dá),介導(dǎo)EMT,促進(jìn)腫瘤的轉(zhuǎn)移[15-17]。此外,TAM分泌的炎性細(xì)胞因子IL-6對(duì)腫瘤細(xì)胞的EMT也起著十分重要的作用,1L-6與IL-6相應(yīng)受體結(jié)合后,激活STAT3信號(hào)通路,轉(zhuǎn)錄因子Twist表達(dá)上調(diào),從而啟動(dòng)EMT過(guò)程另外,TAM分泌的細(xì)胞因子如TGF-AEGFXepidermalgrowthfactor)及VEGF(vascularendothelialgrowthfactor)等也可促進(jìn)EMT的發(fā)生。腫瘤局部生長(zhǎng)、侵襲和轉(zhuǎn)移依賴細(xì)胞外基質(zhì)(extracellularmatrix,ECM)的降解。在腫瘤發(fā)生的早期階段,TAM常常出現(xiàn)于惡性腫瘤入侵過(guò)程中的基底膜,在腫瘤細(xì)胞產(chǎn)生的集落刺激因子(colonystimulatingfactorI,CSF-1)的誘導(dǎo)下合成和分泌蛋白酶、尿激酶(urokinase,uPA)及TNF-β1[20]。TAM分泌多種蛋白酶,包括組織蛋白酶、基質(zhì)金屬蛋白酶(matrixmetalloproteinases,MMPs)、絲氨酸蛋白酶。其中,MMPs是降解ECM的主要蛋白酶,TAM分泌的MMP-9、MMP-2可破壞組織結(jié)構(gòu)和基底膜,有利于腫瘤細(xì)胞生長(zhǎng)、浸潤(rùn)、外滲、轉(zhuǎn)移。TAM分泌的uPA,參與ECM的降解、腫瘤浸潤(rùn)、促進(jìn)腫瘤血管形成。TGF-1和通過(guò)蛋酶C信號(hào)通路增強(qiáng)TAM細(xì)胞內(nèi)uPA表達(dá)。這些因子和酶的表達(dá)為腫瘤的浸潤(rùn)和轉(zhuǎn)移提供了必要條件。TAM還能促進(jìn)腫瘤細(xì)胞滲入血管。有研究證實(shí),腫瘤細(xì)胞的內(nèi)滲效率與TAM在腫瘤原發(fā)部位的數(shù)量有關(guān),內(nèi)滲多發(fā)生于TAM聚集的那側(cè)血管TAM在血管腔中通過(guò)分泌多種炎癥因子提供入侵信號(hào),誘導(dǎo)腫瘤細(xì)胞遷移到血管。1.2腫瘤相關(guān)的成纖維細(xì)胞CAFs與腫瘤細(xì)胞共同培養(yǎng)能明顯促進(jìn)腫瘤細(xì)胞的增殖CAFs還通過(guò)直接的細(xì)胞-細(xì)胞接觸和分泌多種炎癥調(diào)控因子增強(qiáng)腫瘤細(xì)胞的侵襲能力。CAFs促進(jìn)侵襲通過(guò)細(xì)胞接觸引起腫瘤細(xì)胞形態(tài)瞬時(shí)改變。另一方面,腫瘤細(xì)胞與CAFs之間的信號(hào)傳遞可能引起相鄰ECM和基底膜的細(xì)胞類型的修改,導(dǎo)致基底膜破壞,有利于腫瘤細(xì)胞入侵循環(huán)系統(tǒng)[23]。有研究證實(shí),CAFs可能對(duì)癌細(xì)胞遷移有直接指導(dǎo)作用,通過(guò)蛋白水解和ECM結(jié)構(gòu)修飾為癌細(xì)胞侵襲開辟路徑[23]。CAFs通過(guò)多種途徑促進(jìn)腫瘤的發(fā)展和侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移,通過(guò)細(xì)胞之間的接觸和分泌促轉(zhuǎn)移因子促進(jìn)腫瘤細(xì)胞的入侵。CAFs還是MMPs的重要貢獻(xiàn)者,因此,針對(duì)CAFs分泌的MMPs有望成為抗腫瘤治療的靶標(biāo)。1.3中性粒細(xì)胞中性粒細(xì)胞是循環(huán)白細(xì)胞的主要群體,占循環(huán)白細(xì)胞總量50%-70%[24]。有研究間接證實(shí)中性粒細(xì)胞促進(jìn)皮膚鱗狀細(xì)胞癌和黑色素瘤在肺部的轉(zhuǎn)移[25]。Welch等證實(shí)從腫瘤組織中分離出的中性粒細(xì)胞能夠分泌高濃度的酶如IV膠原酶和肝素酶,能降解基底膜幫助腫瘤細(xì)胞在轉(zhuǎn)移過(guò)程中溢出。在侵襲和轉(zhuǎn)移過(guò)程中,腫瘤細(xì)胞在體內(nèi)會(huì)面對(duì)各種的自然組織屏障,比如由彈性蛋白、膠原蛋白和蛋白聚糖組成的基底膜及周圍組織間質(zhì)[26]。中性粒彈性蛋白酶是在人類中性粒細(xì)胞的顆粒中找到的,能降解彈性蛋白。中性粒彈性蛋白酶也能水解其他的基質(zhì)蛋白,包括纖連蛋白、蛋白聚糖和IV膠原蛋白[26],從而促進(jìn)腫瘤細(xì)胞浸潤(rùn)。循環(huán)腫瘤細(xì)胞可以直接錨定血管內(nèi)皮細(xì)胞,促進(jìn)腫瘤細(xì)胞穿越內(nèi)皮細(xì)胞層、溢出和轉(zhuǎn)移形成。中性粒細(xì)胞促進(jìn)轉(zhuǎn)移的另一個(gè)機(jī)制即在這個(gè)過(guò)程中中性粒細(xì)胞能顯著增強(qiáng)癌細(xì)胞的駐留[27]。1.4髓系來(lái)源抑制細(xì)胞MDSC是髓系來(lái)源的一群異質(zhì)細(xì)胞,包含早期骨髓組細(xì)胞、幼稚粒細(xì)胞、巨噬細(xì)胞和不同分化階段的樹突狀細(xì)胞。這些細(xì)胞既能夠抑制自然殺傷細(xì)胞和T細(xì)胞的細(xì)胞毒性,還能夠抑制CD4+和CD8+細(xì)胞介導(dǎo)的適應(yīng)性免疫反應(yīng)MDSC通過(guò)抑制T細(xì)胞功能、分泌Th-2型細(xì)胞因子促進(jìn)腫瘤細(xì)胞的免疫逃逸[4、28]。2炎癥因子在腫瘤侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移中的作用2.1轉(zhuǎn)化生長(zhǎng)因子在炎癥條件下,腫瘤微環(huán)境通過(guò)產(chǎn)生炎癥因子來(lái)維持和促進(jìn)腫瘤的生長(zhǎng)和轉(zhuǎn)移。例如,轉(zhuǎn)化生長(zhǎng)因子(TGF-β),TGF-β是一類功能復(fù)雜的細(xì)胞因子,在腫瘤發(fā)生發(fā)展過(guò)程中具有雙重作用。在腫瘤發(fā)生及早期階段TGF-β是一種抑癌因子,然而在后期它通常轉(zhuǎn)變成促癌因子[29]。在20世紀(jì)90年代,Gorsch等應(yīng)用原位免疫組化的方法,對(duì)57例乳腺癌組織樣本中TGF-ySl的表達(dá)情況進(jìn)行研究,發(fā)現(xiàn)TGF-ySI表達(dá)水平越高,癌細(xì)胞遷移的能力越強(qiáng)。TGF-jS在正常乳腺細(xì)胞和乳腺癌細(xì)胞中均可以誘導(dǎo)EMT過(guò)程[30]。TGF-可以影響腫瘤附近的細(xì)胞類型,從而創(chuàng)造有利于腫瘤細(xì)胞生長(zhǎng)、入侵和轉(zhuǎn)移的微環(huán)境。TGF-β也直接作用于腫瘤細(xì)胞,調(diào)控腫瘤細(xì)胞對(duì)ECM的重建能力。TGF-β能促進(jìn)蛋白酶的表達(dá),水解基底膜,促進(jìn)腫瘤細(xì)胞的遷移[29]。另外,TGF-β與其他的致癌通路(如Ras,Notch,Wnt等信號(hào)轉(zhuǎn)導(dǎo)通路)協(xié)作,來(lái)促進(jìn)腫瘤細(xì)胞侵襲和轉(zhuǎn)移2.2腫瘤壞死因子腫瘤壞死因子(TNF-α),在腫瘤發(fā)展中扮演著重要角色。近年來(lái)研究表明,TNF-α是惡性腫瘤的一個(gè)特征,其表達(dá)與不良預(yù)后有關(guān)。在炎癥驅(qū)動(dòng)的腫瘤中,TNF-α起著促腫瘤的作用。TNF-α使腫瘤細(xì)胞獲得入侵和遷移屬性,從而促進(jìn)腫瘤的遷徙[32]。CD44是一種重要的黏附分子,可以特異性地與ECM中的透明質(zhì)酸結(jié)合,發(fā)揮粘附、遷移等與腫瘤侵襲相關(guān)的功能。而TNF-α通過(guò)激活JNK(c-JunN-terminalkinase)途徑誘導(dǎo)CD44的表達(dá)來(lái)影響腫瘤的遷移[33]。2.3白細(xì)胞介素6白細(xì)胞介素6(IL-6)是炎癥與癌癥聯(lián)系的另一個(gè)重要細(xì)胞因子。通過(guò)自分泌和旁分泌兩種機(jī)制對(duì)腫瘤的各個(gè)階段進(jìn)行調(diào)控。前列腺癌、乳腺癌和結(jié)腸癌來(lái)源的腫瘤細(xì)胞可以產(chǎn)生大量的IL-6并表達(dá)IL-6/gP80和gpl30受體亞單位[34]。IL-6通過(guò)其受體gpl30傳遞信號(hào),IL-6綁定受體gP80隨后誘導(dǎo)gpl30二聚化,導(dǎo)致JAKs(Januskinase)激活,JAKs反過(guò)來(lái)又磷酸化gP130,使得STAT-3和STAT-1激活,從而促進(jìn)腫瘤的轉(zhuǎn)移[35、36]。IL-6還可以通過(guò)激活Ras/Raf/MEK刺激腫瘤細(xì)胞增殖。IL-6在特定器官,如肺、腦、肝中過(guò)表達(dá)可以招募腫瘤循環(huán)細(xì)胞靶向到這些器官,促進(jìn)它們形成轉(zhuǎn)移性腫瘤[34]。3炎癥反應(yīng)調(diào)控腫瘤侵襲和轉(zhuǎn)移的主要調(diào)節(jié)通路3.1NF-KB信號(hào)通路NF-kB是一種廣泛存在于哺乳動(dòng)物細(xì)胞中的轉(zhuǎn)錄因子,是控制早期基因表達(dá)的基因開關(guān)。NF-kB為一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)錄因子蛋白家族,包括5個(gè)亞單位:Rel(cRel),p65(RelA,NF-kB3)、RelB、P50(NF-kBI)和p52(NF-kB2)。NF-kB的抑制單位IkB通過(guò)其C末端特定的描蛋白重復(fù)序列(ankyrinrepeatmnlif)與NF-kB結(jié)合,阻止NF-kB向細(xì)胞核內(nèi)轉(zhuǎn)移。在沒(méi)有刺激的細(xì)胞中,大部分的NF-kB通過(guò)y細(xì)胞質(zhì)中3個(gè)抑制因子(TkBa、lKB/3、IkBe)中的一個(gè)結(jié)合而以無(wú)活性的狀態(tài)存在。當(dāng)細(xì)胞受細(xì)胞外信號(hào)刺激后,1kB激酶復(fù)合體(IkBkinase,IKK)活化將1kB磷酸化,使NF-kB暴露核定位位點(diǎn)。游離的NF-kB迅速移位到細(xì)胞核,誘導(dǎo)相關(guān)基因轉(zhuǎn)錄。NF-W的激活與免疫,腫瘤的發(fā)生、發(fā)展,細(xì)胞凋亡的調(diào)節(jié)以及胚胎發(fā)育等重要事件有著密切聯(lián)系。NF-kB在炎癥誘導(dǎo)的癌癥中是調(diào)控腫瘤發(fā)生的監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)[37]。NF-kB的激活對(duì)多種類咽細(xì)胞,如巨噬細(xì)胞、T細(xì)胞、上皮細(xì)胞及促炎因子激活起著核心作用。NF-kB通過(guò)誘導(dǎo)趨化因子CXCR4(CXCchemokinereceptor4)的表達(dá)來(lái)促進(jìn)乳腺癌的遷移[38]。也有報(bào)道指出,NF-kB誘導(dǎo)Bel-2的表達(dá)從而抑制細(xì)胞凋亡以及誘導(dǎo)EMT[39、40]。另外,TGF-β依賴的EMT過(guò)程在一定程度上取決于NF-kB的活動(dòng)。NF-kB也能激活間質(zhì)標(biāo)記物,如MMP1和MMP9來(lái)調(diào)控腫瘤的侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移[41]。3.2JAK-STAT信號(hào)通路STAT3在細(xì)胞內(nèi)起著重要的信號(hào)傳遞作用,負(fù)責(zé)將細(xì)胞外的信號(hào)傳遞到細(xì)胞核,通過(guò)誘導(dǎo)靶基因轉(zhuǎn)錄表達(dá)達(dá)到生物刺激的效應(yīng)。細(xì)胞因子與細(xì)胞表面(或者胞漿內(nèi)的)受體結(jié)合后,受體的gp130亞基形成二聚體,導(dǎo)致與gP130相連的JAK發(fā)生磷酸化,進(jìn)而使得STAT3分子C-末端的酪氨酸殘基(Y705)發(fā)生磷酸化,通過(guò)其SH2區(qū)形成二聚體而激活,并轉(zhuǎn)移到細(xì)胞核內(nèi)與靶基因的啟動(dòng)子結(jié)合,誘導(dǎo)靶基因的轉(zhuǎn)錄。STAT3也是炎癥信號(hào)通路中的一個(gè)重要分子,在腫瘤轉(zhuǎn)移的許多生理過(guò)程中都扮演著重要的角色,如:腫瘤細(xì)胞增殖、存活、自我更新及血管生成等。STAT3激活常發(fā)生于與轉(zhuǎn)移前沿細(xì)胞相鄰的浸潤(rùn)免疫細(xì)胞,其激活的機(jī)制主要是IL-6介導(dǎo)的磷酸化[42]。激活的SATA3通路可以抑制細(xì)胞凋亡和促進(jìn)腫瘤細(xì)胞轉(zhuǎn)移[40]。STAT3的活化可以在不同程度上破壞細(xì)胞外基質(zhì)以及造成基底膜的降解和破壞,這些邡適腫瘤細(xì)胞發(fā)生期轉(zhuǎn)移的重要步驟。此外,STAT3還可以促進(jìn)KMT的發(fā)生,從而促進(jìn)腫瘤細(xì)胞山原位解離[43]。同時(shí),STAT3對(duì)腫瘤轉(zhuǎn)移灶的血管生成有重要作用,很多研究都表明STAT3在不同程度上促進(jìn)轉(zhuǎn)移灶腫瘤血管生成[44、45]。最后,由于STAT3信號(hào)通路的特異性激活,影響了正常機(jī)體的免疫監(jiān)督作用,得以使腫瘤細(xì)胞免于免疫系統(tǒng)的外部監(jiān)視??傮w來(lái)說(shuō),NF-kB和STAT3通路的異常激活可導(dǎo)致一系列與腫瘤相關(guān)基因的異常表達(dá),從而抑制腫瘤細(xì)胞凋亡,促進(jìn)腫瘤細(xì)胞存活和轉(zhuǎn)移。4小結(jié)綜上所述,炎癥不僅被認(rèn)為是腫瘤的一種特征,而且在腫瘤轉(zhuǎn)移中具有非常重要的意義炎癥反應(yīng)刺激腫瘤相關(guān)的巨噬細(xì)胞分泌TGF-β,TNF-α等細(xì)胞因子,通過(guò)NF-kB、STAT3信號(hào)通路調(diào)控腫瘤細(xì)胞的侵襲和轉(zhuǎn)移能力,促進(jìn)腫瘤微轉(zhuǎn)移的形成。關(guān)于炎癥與腫瘤轉(zhuǎn)移關(guān)系的研究最近幾年已取得了一些進(jìn)展,但聯(lián)系炎癥和腫瘤轉(zhuǎn)移間的通路及其具體機(jī)制還有待進(jìn)一步研究。探明炎癥反應(yīng)在腫瘤侵襲轉(zhuǎn)移中的作用,進(jìn)而明確其中發(fā)揮重要作用的關(guān)鍵因子,找到其相應(yīng)的靶點(diǎn),為腫瘤的診斷、治療及預(yù)后提供新思路和新方向。參考文獻(xiàn)(References):[1]MATHOT 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