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Item Avaliação da expressão salivar e tecidual das citocinas TGF-β e IL-10 em pacientes com carcinoma espinocelular de cavidade oral(Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2015-03-02) Arantes, Diego Antonio Costa; Costa, Nádia do Lago; Batista, Aline Carvalho; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0199082642322002; Batista, Aline Carvalho; Guerra, Eliete Neves da Silva; Fonseca, Simone Gonçalves daThe transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) and interleukin 10 (IL-10) are immunosuppressive cytokines which promote failure of the local anti-tumor immune response and, therefore, influence the proliferation and prognosis of malignant neoplasms. The aim of this study was to investigate the tissue and salivary expression of TGF-β and IL-10 in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and compare it with that of healthy subjects (Control). The association of these cytokines with clinical parameters of prognosis (staging, metastasis and survival) and histological grade of malignancy (WHO grading) was also investigated. Cytokines in the tissue (OSCC, n = 65; Control, n = 30) were identified using the immunohistochemistry technique (IHC) and in the saliva (OSCC, n = 22; Control, n = 23) the Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) was used. The tissue expression of TGF-β and IL-10 in metastatic lymph nodes (n = 23) of OSCC patients was investigated. The expression of TGF-β and IL-10 in the tissue was measured using a semi-quantitative method in conjunction with staining intensity. Our findings demonstrated a high tissue expression of IL-10 and TGF-β2, and a low or absent expression of TGF-β1, in the majority of OSCC samples when compared to the group with clinically healthy oral mucosa (Control) (p < 0.05 for IL-10 and TGF-β2). The salivary concentration of IL-10 was also high, and distinguished the OSCC patients from their healthy counterparts (p = 0.04), while the salivary concentration of TGF-β1 was similar for both the OSCC and control groups (p = 0.97). The relationship between the cytokine expression and clinical and microscopic prognostic factors showed that the expression of IL-10 and TGF-β2 in neoplastic cells of the primary tumor was maintained by the metastatic neoplastic cells in the cervical lymph nodes. The expression of TGF-β1 remained low or absent in the metastatic lymph nodes. It was shown that there was an association between the high expression of IL-10 by tumor cells and the advanced clinical stages (T3-T4) of patients (p = 0.02). Although not statistically significant, the expression of TGF-β2 was higher in tumors at more advanced stages (p > 0.05). These findings demonstrate that OSCC provides an immunosuppressive environment conducive to tumor proliferation, with high expression of IL-10 and TGF-β2, which contributes to a worse clinical prognosis. In addition, of the immunosuppressive cytokines investigated, IL-10 has greater potential for becoming salivary biomarker when associated with an unfavorable clinical prognosis of OSCC patients.