WBC & THEIR ROLE IN TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT (TME) OF ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA-A REVIEW
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Published:2023-01-01
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Container-title:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
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Shah MDS Sonalee1, Sonwani Indu2, Harikrishna K.2, Kaur MDS Manpreet3
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1. Professor & Head of Dept., Dept. Of Oral Pathology, Government Dental College, Opp. MedicalComplex,MoudhaparaRd.,Raipur-492001.Chhattisgarh 2. Postgraduate Student, Dept. Of Oral Pathology, Government Dental College, Opp. Medical Complex, Moudhapara Rd., Raipur -492001. Chhattisgarh 3. Professor & HOD, Dept. Of Oral Pathology, Pacic Dental College & Research Centre, Girwa, Udaipur
Abstract
Oral premalignant lesions (OPLs) that affect approximately 4.5% of the world's population usually precede the occurrence of Oral squamous cell
carcinoma. These lesions are now included in oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD). Majority of OPLs regress, yet, up to 30% of them
ultimately progress through increasingly grades of dysplasia &culminate as oral cancer. Therefore, OPLs represent an intermediate phase during
the evolution of normal mucosa into malignant tumor, owing to their acquisition of a subset of the genomic alterations from those necessary to
develop into Oral Squamous cell Carcinoma(OSCC).(1) In India OSCC is responsible for more than 20% of new malignancies diagnosed every
year, being the most prevalent malignancy in the nation. There are several prognostic factors which help to evaluate the risk associated with the
OSCC and serve as subsequent treatment guidelines. Increasing evidence has, so far, suggested that inammation may be linked to pathogenesis of
oral cancer. Also, the tumor microenvironment is considered a crucial component in the understanding of the biologic behavior of a neoplasm.
Leukocytosis is common in patients with progressive oral squamous cell carcinoma, is related with T-classication, lympho-vascular permeation,
and recurrence or metastasis, &, therefore could decrease survival. Tumor-related leukocytosis results from hematopoietic colony-stimulating
factors and inammatory cytokines from solid tumors. (2,4) One of the new most promising histopathological factor in prognostic evaluation of
OSCC is, the density of tumour inltrating lymphocytes (TILs). Different subsets of lymphocytes have different or even opposing functions in
the tumor microenvironment. (2,6,7) Neutrophils contribute to cancer progression or regression via multiple mechanisms, including the
suppression of cytotoxic as well as helper Tcell responses and the stimulation of tumor angiogenesis.(8) B cells also act as antigen-presenting cells,
promote differentiation of Th1 cells and Tcyt cells, and directly kill cancer cells through release of Granzyme B, thus, having a tumor suppressive
role. (9) Inltrating eosinophils in the tumor microenvironment (TME), supply direct and indirect mitogenic growth mediators that stimulate
proliferation of neoplastic cells, as well as educate other stromal cell types to induce paracrine and juxtacrine mitogenic signaling molecules to
support neoplastic growth which also appears true for oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs). (10) The plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC), are
specically important in cancer immunity as, these cells have been identied in many solid malignant tumors, including those of head and neck &
may play a key role in tumor occurrence and development.(9,12) Mast cells have a long life and form a heterogeneous population of cells that seem
to have both a positive and negative regulatory effect on the immune system. MCs accumulate into tumor microenvironment by the help of tumor
cell-released chemoattractants such as SCF or CCL15 and actively recruit cells of the innate immune system mainly neutrophils, macrophages, and
eosinophils and cells of the acquired immune system (B and T cells) to orchestrate antitumor immune responses (13) In cancer tissues, the
inltration of macrophages is signicantly increased. Macrophages are recruited to this edge by tumor-derived chemotactic agents and are a major
inltrating cell type in the leading edge of a carcinoma.(16) OSCC are highly immunogenic tumors that are often characterized by abundant
inltration of immune cells, however, their function & prognostic value vary. (19, 20)
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