HMGB1 Translocation is Associated with Tumor-Associated Myeloid Cells and Involved in the Progression of Fibroblastic Sarcoma.
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The morphological variability and genetic complexity of fibroblastic sarcoma makes its diagnosis and treatment a challenge. High-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1), which functions as a DNA chaperone and a prototypical damage-associated molecular pattern, plays a paradoxical role in cancer. However, the expression pattern and role of HMGB1 in fibroblastic sarcomas is ill defined. By immunostaining of 95 tissue microarray cores of fibroblastic sarcomas, HMGB1 was found to be expressed in most tumor tissues. Nuclear HMGB1 translocation to cytoplasm was observed both in tumor cells and vascular endothelial cells. A visible number of tumor-associated myeloid cells including CD68+ and CD163+ macrophages and CD33+ myeloid cells were also detected in most tumor tissues. HMGB1 translocation was not only associated with CD68, CD163, and CD33 density, but also with disease progression. These results imply that HMGB1, an important regulator of the tumor microenvironment, is associated with tumor-associated myeloid cells and involved in the progression of fibroblastic sarcomas; HMGB1 may serve as a promising prognostic biomarker and a potential therapeutic target for fibroblastic sarcoma.
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| Authors | Huoying Chen, Xiaoying Lin, Hongbo Liu, Cheng Huang, Rong Li, Jie Ai, Jiaxue Wei, Shengjun Xiao |
| Journal | Pathology oncology research : POR (Pathol Oncol Res) Vol. 27 Pg. 608582 ( 2021) ISSN: 1532-2807 [Electronic] Switzerland |
| PMID | 34257571 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
| Copyright | Copyright © 2021 Chen, Lin, Liu, Huang, Li, Ai, Wei and Xiao. |
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