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Interleukin-33 modulates immune responses in cutaneous melanoma in a context-specific way.


ABSTRACT: Controversial roles of interleukin-33 (IL-33) have been reported in melanoma from animal studies. We aimed to investigate the role of IL-33 in human cutaneous melanoma. RNA-seq data of 471 cases of cutaneous melanoma were retrieved from The Cancer Genome Atlas. The tumor microenvironment (TME) was deconstructed by the xCell algorithm using RNA-seq data. We evaluated the prognostic value of IL-33 and the relationship between IL-33 and immune components in TME. We also inferred the potential cellular sources of IL-33. All the analyses were conducted separately in three sub-cohorts, which are based on the biopsy sites of samples: primary melanoma; lymph node (LN) metastases; other metastases, including metastases to skin/soft tissue, or visceral sites. In the two metastasis sub-cohorts, IL-33 is associated with better prognosis and more active immune responses in the tumor. However, IL-33 is not a prognostic factor in the primary melanoma sub-cohort. Furthermore, we found that IL-33 is mainly derived from stromal cells in the metastasis sub-cohorts, and from epithelial cells/keratinocytes in the primary melanoma sub-cohort. These findings provide evidence for the context-specific anti-tumor effects of IL-33 in melanoma. And the distinct effects of IL-33 may be determined by the cellular sources of IL-33.

SUBMITTER: Peng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7993738 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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