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Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences.

http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2015.044

Basic Science

 

 

Tumor-Associated Macrophage (TAM) and Angiogenesis in Human Colon Carcinoma


 

Manal A. Badawi, Dalia M. Abouelfadl, Sonia L. El-Sharkawy*, Wafaa E. Abd El-Aal, Naglaa F. Abbas

Pathology Department, Medical Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

 

Abstract

 

 

AIM: This study aimed to clarify how macrophages affect prognosis in cancer colon and their association with tumor angiogenesis.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Forty four biopsies of colon carcinoma and 15 of benign adenomatous polyps were investigated for macrophages infiltration and microvessels density using immunohistochemistry and image morphometric analysis. Macrophages and blood vessels were stained immunohistochemically by CD68 and F-VIII markers respectively. The morphometric analysis was carried out on the immunohistochemically stained slides using the Leica Qwin 500 Image Analyzer. Both of macrophages infiltration and microvessels density were correlated with histological tumor grade, stage and lymph node metastases and were correlated with each others.

RESULTS: Macrophage infiltration was significantly higher in malignant cases than in benign polyps. High macrophage infiltration and hypervascularity were significantly correlated with T-staging and lymph nodes metastasis. A significant correlation was found between macrophage infiltration and microvessels densitie in malignant tumors where hypervascularity was significantly correlated with high macrophages infiltration.

CONCLUSION: The significant correlation between macrophage infiltration and tumor angiogenesis suggests an interaction between macrophages and cancer cells stimulating microvessels formation, tumor invasion and metastasis in colon cancer. We recommend that macrophages infiltration should be evaluated to investigate their clinical value in development of individualized therapeutic regimens for management of colon carcinoma.

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Citation: Badawi MA, Abouelfadl DM, El-Sharkawy SL, Abd El-Aal WE, Naglaa F. Abbas NF. Tumor-Associated Macrophage (TAM) and Angiogenesis in Human Colon Carcinoma. OA Maced J Med Sci. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2015.044
Key words: Adenomatous polyps; cancer colon; macrophages; angiogenesis; CD68; Factor VIII.
*Correspondence: Prof. Sonia El-Sharkawy. National Research Center, Pathology, Dokki, Cairo 2478, Egypt. Primary E-Mail: elsharkawy60@hotmail.com
Received: 27-Mar-2015; Revised: 15-Apr-2015; Accepted: 16-Apr-2015; Online first: 27-Apr-2015
Copyright: © 2015 Manal A. Badawi, Dalia M. Abouelfadl, Sonia L. El-Sharkawy, Wafaa E. Abd El-Aal, Naglaa F. Abbas. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
 

 

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