To know CD+4 CD+25 regulatory T cells' s function in tumor immunological regulation and to search for its functionary molecule mechanism by reviewing researches associated with the characteristics of CD+4 CD+25 regulatory T cells surface molecules and the expression of CD+4 CD+25 regulatory T cells in the peripheral blood and tissues.

Tumor biomarkers are bioactive substance and antigen produced by lung cancer tissue and cell because of oncogene abnormal expression including protien, enzyme and hormone et al. In recent years, tumor biomarker has been one of the most active areas in basic research and clinical investigation of oncology. A variety of tumor biomarkers have been shown to have potential applications in accessory diagnosis, clinical typing, prognosis, and therapeutic response amd target therapy of lung cancer. In this review, we will discuss about a dozen of tumor biomarkers associated with lung cancer, including CEA, NSE, CYFRA21-1, PCNA, VEGF, EGFR and LTA.

Objective To observe the expression of CD8 + CD28-T cells in the peripheral blood of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients,and to investigate the effect of chemotherapy on CD8 + CD28-T cells expression and its clinical significance.Methods Flow cytometry was used to evaluate the level of CD8 + CD28-T cells in peripheral blood of 70 untreated NSCLC patients and 60 healthy controls.The association between CD8 + CD28-T cells and the clinical features was analyzed.We also investigated the changes of CD8 + CD28-T cells in 30 NSCLC patients who received chemotherapy by GP (gemcitabine,cisplatin) and NP (navelbine,cisplatin).Results The proportion of CD8 + CD28-T cells in lung cancer group was significantly higher than that in healthy group (59.003％ ± 15.329％ vs.41.036％ ± 15.435％,t =35.904,P =0.001).No correlation was found between CD8 + CD28-T cells expression and the gender (F =1.374,P =0.697),pathological pattern (F =0.779,P =0.509) and clinical stage (F =0.070,P =0.933).But CD8 + CD28-T cells expression was correlated with the age (F =15.038,P =0.001).The level of CD8 + CD28-T cells after NP chemotherapy was lower than that before chemotherapy (55.293％ ± 14.637％ vs.58.793％ ± 12.510％,t =2.017,P =0.044).And the level of CD8 + CD28-T cells after GP chemotherapy was lower than that before chemotherapy (54.127％ ± 13.924％ vs.60.700％ ± 16.401％,t =3.007,P =0.009).Conclusion CD8 + CD28-T cells express highly in NSCLC patients peripheral blood.Chemotherapy down-regulates CD8 + CD28-T cells expression,which provides a new reference for combination with chemotherapy and immunotherapy in NSCLC patients.

Objective To study the variety and significance of immune function in lung cancer patients.Methods 68 pretherapy lung cancer patients and 20 healthy volunteers with peripheral blood samples by flow cytometry.Results The proportion of CD+3T cells,CD+4T cells and the ratio of CD4/CD8 decreased in lung cancer patients,while the proportion of CD+8T cells and natural killer cells increased.Serum levels of TNF-α,IL-4,IL-6,IL-10 were significantly increased in patients compared with healthy controls,while the ratio of Th1/Th2 was decreased.(2)The natural killer cells level was negatively correlated with the CD3,CD4,CD8 levels respectively.The CD4 level was negatively correlated with the levels of IL-6,IL-10 respectively.(3)No statistically significant relationship was found between the peripheral blood lymphocyte,Th1-Th2 cytokines and pathological type,lymph node metastasis,distant metastasis.Conclusion Immune suppression was very common in lung cancer patients,particularly cell mediated immunity suppressed markedly.The proportion and function of CD+4T cells decreased significantly.which may resulted from the Th1,Th2 imbalance.Natural killer cells and CD+8T cells increased significantly,but could not prevent tumor development,which may resulted from these factors that suppress immune response in tumor microenvironment.

Objectives To study the clinical diagnostic value of soluble major histocompatibility complex class Ⅰ-related chain A(sMICA) and analyse the relationship of tumor biologic characteristics and sMICA in lung cancer. Methods The experimental level of sMICA was determined by ELISA in 116 lung cancer patients. The level of serum CEA, NSE, CA-199, CYFRA-211, SCC, ProGRP were determined by ELISA only in 91 lung cancer patients without any therapy. The level of sMICA in 50 normal persons was regarded as control group. Results The level of sMICA in lung cancer patients was significantly higher than that in control group (P<0.001); When sMICA cut-off was set as 240.5 ng/L, the sensitivity for the detection of lung cancer was 90.1%, the speciality was 46.9%. The positive rate of sMICA was significantly higher than that of CEA, NSE, CA-199, CYFRA-211, SCC, ProGRP(P<0.001 respectively); The level of sMICA in lung cancer patients with CR and PR after treatment were lower than that before treatment(P<0.05). The level of sMICA in lung cancer patients with relapse was higher than patients without any treatment (P<0.001). Conclusion SMICA may be a potential marker for diagnosing lung cancer with high sensitivity and speciality. It is associated with tumor progression and distant metastasis and may be helpful in the evaluation of diagnosis for lung cancer.

Objective To observe the changes of CD+8CD+28,CD+8CD-28 and CD+4CDhigh25CDlow127 regulate T (Treg)cellsin peripheral blood of lung cancer patients,and to analyze the correlation between CD+8CD-28 and CD+4CDhigh25CDlow127 Treg cells to reveal the role and clinical significance of them in lung cancer patients.Methods Flow cytometry was applied to evaluate the level of CD+8CD+28,CD+8CD-28 and CD+4CDhigh25CDlow127 Treg cells in peripheral blood of 60 untreated lung cancer patients and 60 healthy controls group.The association of each term with clinical features was analyzed.Results The percentage of CD+8CD-28 and CD+4CDhigh25CDlow127 Treg cells in lung cancer group[(58.430:15.749) ％,(7.365±2.025) ％]was significantly higher than those in healthy group [(41.057±15.436)％,(6.648±1.669)％,(t=6.102,P＜0.05;t=2.115,P＜0.05)],while the percentage of CD+8CD+28cells is lower(41.570±15.739)％ than that in healthy group[(58.700±15.298)％,(t=-6.043,P＜0.05)].No close associations were found between three index and gender,age,and biological characteristics.With the increase of TNM stage,The percentage of CD+4CDhigh25 CDlow127 Treg cells increased gradually,which was remarkably higher in patients rith stage Ⅳ than that with stage ⅢA(t=-3.898,P＜0.05).The percentage of CD+4CDhigh25 CDlow127 Tregcells was uncorrelated with CD+8CD-28 cells(r=-0.169,P＞0.05).Conclusion The higher percentage of CD+8CD-28 and CD+4CDhigh25 CDlow127 Treg cells,the lower percentage of CD+8CD+28 cells may be the important reasons of immune suppression in lung cancer patients.Though there is no correlation between CD+8CD-28 and CD+4CDhigh25 CDlow127 Treg cells,it is may be helpful to understand immunologic function and it may look for more specific therapy and provide a new reference in the prognosis of lung cancer.

Objective The aim of this study is to investigate CD+8 natural killer T cell receptors NKG2D and NKG2A expression in peripheral blood of patients with lung cancer and discuss the relation between imbalance expression of NKG2A and NKG2D and tumor immune escape. Methods Flow cytometry was used to determine the percentage of NKG2D and NKG2A-expressing of CD+8 NKT cells in peripheral blood of 95 untreated lung cancer patients and 50 healthy controls. Results NKG2D was lower expressed on CD+8 NKT in lung cancer, the level of NKG2D in patients (77.07±5.77) % was significantly lower than that in the controls (84.13±4.49) % (t =8.14, P <0.05). In the TNM stage, the level of NKG2D in patients of Ⅰ-ⅢA, ⅢB, Ⅳ stage were (81.07±5.02) %, (76.95 ±4.70)%, (72.80±5.16) %, respectively, the level of NKG2D was significantly decreased in order (F =18.74, P <0.05). NKG2A was expressed higher on CD+8 NKT in lung cancer, the level of NKG2A in patients (33.58±8.82) % was significantly higher than that in the controls (25.31 ±8.38) % (t =-5.46, P<0.05). In the TNM stage, the level of NKG2A in patients of Ⅰ - Ⅲ A, ⅢB, Ⅳ stage were (25.10±6.93) %, (33.24±3.76) %, (43.64±6.10) %, respectively, the level of NKG2A was significantly increased in order (F =75.73,P <0.05). Conclusion Imbalance expression of NKG2A and NKG2D may restrain the function of CD+8 NKT cell of lung cancer patients in peripheral blood and that may be one of important factors in tumor immunological escape.

Objective To investigate the significance of resistant gene detection combined with adenosine triphosphate-tumor chemosensitivity assay (ATP-TCA) in the second-line chemotherapy of lung squamous cell cancer, and to provide a reference for clinical treatment. Methods 150 patients with lung squamous cell cancer diagnosed by histopathology or cytology and with the disease progressed after NP regime chemotherapy were enrolled. The mRNA expressions of excision repair cross complementation 1 (ERCC1) and ribonucleotide reductase M1 (RRM1) were detected by RT-PCR, and ATP-TCA was carried out. After detected by RT-PCR and ATP-TCA, the patients who were sensitive to gemcitabine plus cisplatin (GP) accepted the second-line systemic chemotherapy with GP regimen, and the others who were not sensitive to GP regimen or whose results of gene detection and ATP-TCA were on the contrary took the second-line chemotherapy regimens with docetaxel plus cisplatin (DP). Both groups accepted 2-4 cycles of systemic chemotherapy. The chest CT was followed up, and the response rate (RR), progression-free survival (PFS) and median survival time (MST) were investigated. Results The RR of GP group was 36.2 % (17/47), while the DP group was 28.1 % (26/92), and the difference was statistically significant (χ2= 4.274, P< 0.05). The media PFS of GP group and DP group were 4.2 months (95%CI 3.485-5.348 months) and 3.6 months (95 %CI 2.685-4.648 months), respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The MST of GP group and DP group were 9.6 months (95 %CI 8.283-10.637 months) and 8.9 months (95 %CI 7.384-9.648 months), respectively, and there was no statistically significant difference (P> 0.05). Conclusion The resistance gene detection combined with ATP-TCA have certain guiding significance on the second-line chemotherapy for advanced lung squamous cell cancer.

Objective To investigate the expression and clinical significance of Th17 and Tc17 cells in peripheral blood of lung cancer patients.Methods The percentages of Th17 cells and Tc17 cells in 60 lung cancer patients and 40 healthy controls were evaluated by flow cytometry analysis (FCM).Results The percentages of Th17 cells [(1.795±0.623) ％] and Te17 cells [(0.865±0.357) ％] in lung cancer group were significandy higher than those in controls [(1.405±0.256) ％,(0.640 ±0.204) ％],(t =28.944,P ＜ 0.001,t =14.051,P ＜ 0.001).Furthermore,there was a positive correlation between Th17 cells and Tc17 cells in the two groups (lung cancer group r =0.770,P ＜ 0.05,control group r =0.532,P ＜ 0.05).The percentages of Th17 cells and Tc17 cells were closely associated with clinical stage (F =4.882,P =0.011,F =3.633,P =0.033),but not connected with pathological types (P ＞ 0.05,P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The overexpression of Th17 and Tc17 may be involved in the occurrence and development of lung cancer,which can be used as new indicators for immunologic function of lung cancer patients,and provide a reference in monitoring the disease.

Objective To study the relationship between expression of matrix metalloproteinases-7 (MMP-7) and clinicopathological characteristics in patients with primary non-smaU cell lung cancer(NSCLC). Methods MMP-7 in 20 normal people and 60 advanced NSCLC patiens were detected with reverse-transcription-polymerase-chain-reaction. Gelatum image analysator analyzed the result. Results The amount of MMP-7 was less in normal people (30.000) than in NSCLC patients(41.231) significantly(P<0.05); the level of MMP-7 was no correlated with gender, age, pathology pattern, tumor size, was inverse correlation with differentiation, and was positive correlation with clinical stages(P <0.05). Conclusion The level of MMP-7 is closely correlated with tissue differentiation and clinical stages of NSCLC, which may serve as a parameter for determining tumor invasion and metastatic.