TY - JOUR
T1 - Significance of CXCR3 expression in gastric low-grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type for predicting responsiveness to Helicobacter pylori eradication
AU - Yamamoto, Hideko
AU - Nakamura, Tsuneya
AU - Matsuo, Keitaro
AU - Tajika, Masahiro
AU - Kawai, Hiroki
AU - Ohmiya, Naoki
AU - Niwa, Yasumasa
AU - Goto, Hidemi
AU - Nakamura, Shigeo
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PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a distinct low-grade lymphoma that often regresses upon Helicobacter pylori eradication. It was reported that the chemokine receptor CXCR3 is expressed not only on activated T cells, but also on MALT lymphoma cells, and that CXCR3-positive B lymphocytes migrate or home to the MALT of MALT lymphoma. In the present study, we aimed to elucidate the correlation between CXCR3 expression and the clinicopathological features of gastric MALT lymphoma, and to determine whether CXCR3 expression was predictive of responsiveness to H. pylori eradication. Sixty-seven patients with gastric MALT lymphoma in a single-center study were treated with H. pylori eradication therapy. We evaluated the correlation of CXCR3 expression with response to H. pylori eradication therapy by logistic regression stratified according to potential confounders. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that 28 of 67 cases (42%) were positive for CXCR3 expression. CXCR3 expression was significantly more prevalent in those without H. pylori infection, advanced-stage disease, and in those with API2-MALT1 fusion. In overall analysis, those with CXCR3 expression showed a significantly increased risk of non-responsiveness to H. pylori eradication therapy (odds ratio = 28.6; 95% confidence interval 5.70 - 143.4) compared to those without CXCR3 expression. This higher risk was observed consistently regardless of sex, API2-MALT1 fusion, H. pylori infection, or clinical stage. We showed that CXCR3 expression was an independent predictive factor for non-responsiveness to H. pylori eradication therapy in patients with gastric MALT lymphoma.
AB - Gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a distinct low-grade lymphoma that often regresses upon Helicobacter pylori eradication. It was reported that the chemokine receptor CXCR3 is expressed not only on activated T cells, but also on MALT lymphoma cells, and that CXCR3-positive B lymphocytes migrate or home to the MALT of MALT lymphoma. In the present study, we aimed to elucidate the correlation between CXCR3 expression and the clinicopathological features of gastric MALT lymphoma, and to determine whether CXCR3 expression was predictive of responsiveness to H. pylori eradication. Sixty-seven patients with gastric MALT lymphoma in a single-center study were treated with H. pylori eradication therapy. We evaluated the correlation of CXCR3 expression with response to H. pylori eradication therapy by logistic regression stratified according to potential confounders. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that 28 of 67 cases (42%) were positive for CXCR3 expression. CXCR3 expression was significantly more prevalent in those without H. pylori infection, advanced-stage disease, and in those with API2-MALT1 fusion. In overall analysis, those with CXCR3 expression showed a significantly increased risk of non-responsiveness to H. pylori eradication therapy (odds ratio = 28.6; 95% confidence interval 5.70 - 143.4) compared to those without CXCR3 expression. This higher risk was observed consistently regardless of sex, API2-MALT1 fusion, H. pylori infection, or clinical stage. We showed that CXCR3 expression was an independent predictive factor for non-responsiveness to H. pylori eradication therapy in patients with gastric MALT lymphoma.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2008.00883.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2008.00883.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 18616679
AN - SCOPUS:50149091298
VL - 99
SP - 1769
EP - 1773
JO - Cancer Science
JF - Cancer Science
SN - 1347-9032
IS - 9
ER -