Abstract:
ob<x>jective: To investigate the correlation between the proportions of peripheral blood Treg cells and the clinicopathological characteristics, PDL1 and HER2 ex<x>pression, as well as survival and prognosis in patients with gastric cancer.Methods: Data on the proportion of Treg cells in peripheral blood of 85 healthy controls and 85 patients with gastric cancer in our center were collected retrospectively. The ratio of Treg cells in peripheral blood and the secretion levels of cytokines IL6, IL17 and IL-1 in gastric cancer and normal healthy people were analyzed by t test of two independent samples. Chi-square test was used to analyze the relationship between Treg cell proportion and PDL1 and HER2 ex<x>pression in peripheral blood. Survival analysis and COX regression model were used to study the relationship between peripheral blood Treg ratio and survival prognosis of gastric cancer patients.Results: The proportion of Treg cells in healthy physical examination group was 15.3± 3.6%, while 43.4± 9.3% in patients with gastric cancer. The proportion of Treg cells in patients with gastric cancer was higher, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.001). IL6 was 3.23±1.06 pg/ml, IL17 was 1.45±0.36 pg/ml, and IL-1 was 4.6± 1.2pg /ml in healthy crowd, while 8.41±2.14 pg/ml, 4.31±1.12 pg/ml and 9.3±3.4 pg/ml in patients with gastric cancer before surgery, respectively, showing a statistically significant difference (P<0.001). The high proportion of peripheral blood Treg cells in the preoperative group of gastric cancer was not correlated with gender (P=0.939), age (P=0.915), T stage (P=0.144), PDL1 (P=0.588), and HER2 ex<x>pression (P=0.381), but was positively correlated with N stage (P<0.001) and clinical stage (P<0.001), with statistically significant differences. COX regression multivariate model analysis showed that except for N staging (HR=2.299, P=0.015), peripheral blood Treg cell ratio (HR=4.266, P<0.001) could be an independent prognostic factor for gastric cancer patients.Conclusion: By detecting the proportion of Treg cells in peripheral blood before surgery, the immune status of gastric cancer patients can be preliminarily understood, which can be used to judge survival and prognosis.