@article {7922,
	title = {Significant differences of lymphocytes isolated from ascites of patients with ovarian cancer compared to blood and tumor lymphocytes. Association of CD3+CD56+ cells with platinum resistance},
	journal = {Gynecologic Oncology},
	volume = {106},
	year = {2007},
	note = {Cited By :38Export Date: 21 February 2017},
	month = {2007},
	pages = {75 - 81},
	abstract = {Objectives: Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and T regulatory cells (Tregs) have been associated with prognosis in ovarian cancer, but their prognostic significance in ascites has not been studied. We performed a prospective study of T lymphocytes isolated from ascites from patients with ovarian carcinoma and we compared them with the respective populations in blood and tumors. Methods: Mononuclear cells from ascites (n = 71) and blood were isolated by Ficoll, while tumor lymphocytes (n = 20) were obtained upon mechanical dissociation. Phenotypic analysis was performed with flow cytometry. Ascites from 10 patients with cirrhosis was used as control. Results: Tregs containing CD4+CD25+ cells, NK-T containing CD3+CD56+ cells and CD69 and HLADR expression of CD4 and CD8 lymphocytes were significantly increased in tumor ascites compared to blood and control ascites. A selective accumulation of these populations in the ascites of cancer patients, was suggested by the significantly higher ascites/blood (A/B) ratios in cancer patients but not controls. Cancer cell content in ascites was correlated with CD4+CD25+, CD4+CD69+, CD4+HLADR+ and CD8+CD69+ cells. There was no correlation of lymphocyte populations between ascites and samples from peritoneal metastases. Higher tumor grade was associated with increased A/B CD4+CD25+ ratio and reduced CD3+CD56+ cells, while platinum resistance was associated with reduced A/B CD3+CD56+ ratio. Conclusions: There are significant differences of CD3+CD56+ and CD25+CD4+ lymphocytes and increase in lymphocyte activation between blood, ascites and peritoneal metastases from patients with ovarian cancer. The selective accumulation of CD3+CD56+ population in ascites may be a predictive factor for platinum resistance. {\textcopyright} 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Immune response, NK-T, Ovarian cancer, Tregs},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34250159834\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.ygyno.2007.02.029\&partnerID=40\&md5=0640ce45285f5a1530046431cb5eb6de},
	author = {Bamias, A. and Tsiatas, M. L. and Kafantari, E. and Liakou, C. and Rodolakis, A. and Voulgaris, Z. and Vlahos, G. and Papageorgiou, T. and Tsitsilonis, O. and Bamia, C. and Papatheodoridis, G. and Politi, Ek. and Archimandritis, A and Antsaklis, A. and Dimopoulos, M.A.}
}
