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Olivier Adotevi
Metronomic cyclophosphamide induces regulatory T cells depletion and PSA‐specific T cells reactivation in patients with biochemical recurrent prostate cancer
Biochemical recurrence (BCR) occurs in up to 40% of prostate cancer patients after prostatectomy. In our study, we performed an immune monitoring study in 20 prostate cancer patients with BCR previously treated with metronomic cyclophosphamide (mCTX). We observed a decrease of regulatory T cells (Tregs) from 2 months and this was more pronounced after 6 months of mCTX treatment. This drop of Tregs was associated with increased level of activated HLADR+ CD45R0+ T cells in peripheral blood. Furthermore, a reactivation of Th1 polarized anti-PSA T-cell response was detected in BCR patients treated with mCTX. However, dendritic cell subsets counts and activation were not influenced by the treatm…
Naturally Occurring Telomerase-Specific CD4 T-Cell Immunity in Melanoma.
CD4 T cells play a key role in anticancer immunity. In this study, we investigate the clinical relevance of circulating CD4 T helper type 1 (Th1) response against telomerase (anti-TERT Th1 response) in patients with melanoma. The spontaneous anti-TERT Th1 response was detected in 54.5% (85/156) of patients with melanoma before treatment. The prevalence of this systemic response was inversely related to Breslow thickness >1 mm and American Joint Committee on Cancer stage ≥II (P = 0.001 and 0.032, respectively). In contrast to patients treated with targeted therapies, the anti-TERT Th1 immunity was associated with an objective response after immune checkpoint inhibitors treatment. Hence, 86% …
Enhanced emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria after in vitro induction with cancer chemotherapy drugs.
International audience; BACKGROUND:Infections with antibiotic-resistant pathogens in cancer patients are a leading cause of mortality. Cancer patients are treated with compounds that can damage bacterial DNA, potentially triggering the SOS response, which in turn enhances the bacterial mutation rate. Antibiotic resistance readily occurs after mutation of bacterial core genes. Thus, we tested whether cancer chemotherapy drugs enhance the emergence of resistant mutants in commensal bacteria.METHODS:Induction of the SOS response was tested after the incubation of Escherichia coli biosensors with 39 chemotherapeutic drugs at therapeutic concentrations. The mutation frequency was assessed after …
Characterization of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in dairy farmers
International audience; Background - Although farming is often considered a risk factor for COPD, data regarding the burden and characteristics of COPD in dairy farmers are sparse and conflicting. Objectives - To characterize COPD in dairy farmers. Methods - 4788 subjects entered two parallel COPD screening programs, one in agricultural workers and one in general practice from 2011 to 2015. Subjects with COPD were invited to participate in the characterization phase of the study. Those who accepted were included in two subgroups: dairy farmers with COPD (DF-COPD) (n = 101) and non-farmers with COPD (NF-COPD) (n = 85). Patients with COPD were frequency-matched with subjects with normal spiro…
Immunité spécifique anti-télomérase dans le mélanome
La reponse immunitaire lymphocytaire T CD4 Th1 joue un role important dans l’immunite anti tumorale et a ete etudiee dans de nombreux cancers. Nous avons evalue la reponse immunitaire T CD4 Th1 grâce a la reponse T CD4 Th1 anti-telomerase (anti-TERT) chez des patients atteints de melanome de tous stades AJCC. La reponse anti-TERT des lymphocytes de patients atteints de melanome etait evaluee par ELISpot IFN-γ et comparee aux donnees clinico-biologiques des patients. Au total, 171 patients atteints de melanome etaient inclus et 156 d’entre eux avaient une evaluation de la reponse anti-TERT disponible. Une reponse anti-TERT etait retrouvee chez 55 % des patients. La reponse anti-TERT etait mo…
Inflammatory and immunological profile in COPD secondary to organic dust exposure.
Inflammatory response in patients with COPD secondary to organic dust exposure (OD-COPD) is poorly understood. We therefore aimed to characterize inflammatory and immune profile from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in a group of patients with mild-to-moderate COPD secondary to organic dust exposure (OD-COPD), tobacco smoking (T-COPD), or both. We compared T, B and NK cells distribution and inflammatory (TNF-α, Il-1β, IL-6), type 1 (IFN-γ), type 2 (IL-4, IL-13) and type 3 (IL-17) immunity related cytokines at baseline, and after stimulation with LPS, flagellin and CD3/CD28 beads in all COPD groups. OD-COPD displayed significantly lower NK cells and CD8+ T cells compared with contro…