Resumen

VILLEGAS VALVERDE, Carlos Agustín  y  RAMIREZ PEREZ, Deisy María. Treg cells in the immunoediting and inflammation associated with cancer. Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.) [online]. 2015, vol.58, n.6, pp.5-17. ISSN 2448-4865.

Nowadays there are two accepted theories explaining the origin and development of the cancer: Tumor Immunoediting and the inflammation associated to the cancer. In both, the participation of regulatory T cells (Treg) in the carcinogenesis, progression and metastatic processes is evident but most of the studies locate these cells in advanced stages of the immunopathogenesis of the neoplastic process. However, these cells participate in the peripheral tolerance and homeostasis of the immune system. Therefore their role is not limited to contribute in the tumor cell evasion, but rather they may participate before the first cancer cell emerges. Their most important function is probably the one involved in the equilibrium stage of the immunoediting, because in this phase the adaptive immune system is decisive for the progression into the escape stage, being able in some cases to induce a spontaneous regression of the tumor. A study in depth of the dynamics of these cells in the initial stages of the cancer can help with the identification of biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis, as well as therapeutic targets that could change the course of cancer. In this revision an approach to the participation of the Treg in the development of cancer through inflammation and immunoediting is described.

Palabras llave : Immune system; Treg; regulation; inflammation; immunoediting; cancer.

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