Sex differences in the association between tumor growth and T cell response in a melanoma mouse model

PP Dakup, KI Porter, AA Little, H Zhang… - Cancer Immunology …, 2020 - Springer
Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 2020Springer
Epidemiological evidence suggests that females have an advantage over males in cases of
melanoma incidence, progression, and survival. However, the biological mechanisms
underlying these sex differences remain unclear. With the knowledge that females generally
have a more robust immune system than males, we investigated sex differences in
melanoma progression in a B16-F10/BL6 syngeneic mouse model. We observed
significantly less tumor volume and growth rate over 14 days in female mice compared to …
Abstract
Epidemiological evidence suggests that females have an advantage over males in cases of melanoma incidence, progression, and survival. However, the biological mechanisms underlying these sex differences remain unclear. With the knowledge that females generally have a more robust immune system than males, we investigated sex differences in melanoma progression in a B16-F10/BL6 syngeneic mouse model. We observed significantly less tumor volume and growth rate over 14 days in female mice compared to male mice. Furthermore, higher populations of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, which indicate adaptive immune responses, were found in the circulating blood and tumors of females and corresponded with less tumor growth, and vice versa in males. Our results highlight a mouse model that represents melanoma progression in the human population and displays a higher immune response to melanoma in females compared to males. These findings suggest that the immune system may be one of the mechanisms responsible for sex differences in melanoma.
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