Bai L, Yang W, Qian L, Cui JW. Regulating monocyte infiltration and differentiation: Providing new therapies for colorectal cancer patients with COVID-19. World J Clin Cases 2021; 9(34): 10392-10399 [PMID: 35004972 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i34.10392]
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Jiu-Wei Cui, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, No. 71 Xinmin Street, Changchun 130021, Jilin Province, China. cuijw@jlu.edu.cn
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Immunology
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World J Clin Cases. Dec 6, 2021; 9(34): 10392-10399 Published online Dec 6, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i34.10392
Regulating monocyte infiltration and differentiation: Providing new therapies for colorectal cancer patients with COVID-19
Ling Bai, Wang Yang, Lei Qian, Jiu-Wei Cui
Ling Bai, Wang Yang, Lei Qian, Jiu-Wei Cui, Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, Jilin Province, China
Author contributions: Bai L and Yang W contributed equally to this work; Bai L and Yang W carried out the primary literature search, processed the data, drafted and revised the manuscript, and participated in discussions; Qian L carried out the primary literature search, revised the manuscript, and participated in discussions; Cui JW designed the research, performed literature analysis, drafted and revised the manuscript, and participated in discussions; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported bythe National Key Research and Development Program of New Coronary Pneumonia and Other Infectious Diseases Prevention Basic Research Orientation Project of China, No. 2020YFA0707704 (to Qian L); the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, No. 2016YFC1303800 (to Cui JW); the Interdisciplinary Research Funding Program of Jilin University, No. 101832020DJX083 (to Bai L); and the Outstanding Talent Cultivation Program for Doctoral Students in Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University (to Bai L).
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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Corresponding author: Jiu-Wei Cui, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, No. 71 Xinmin Street, Changchun 130021, Jilin Province, China. cuijw@jlu.edu.cn
Received: February 1, 2021 Peer-review started: February 1, 2021 First decision: March 29, 2021 Revised: March 10, 2021 Accepted: August 4, 2021 Article in press: August 4, 2021 Published online: December 6, 2021 Processing time: 301 Days and 17.4 Hours
Abstract
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a significant challenge for clinicians, especially for immunocompromised cancer patients. By analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on the immune microenvironment of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients at the tissue level and single-cell level, we found that CRC patients are more easily infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), but promotion of infiltration and differentiation of monocytes makes them more likely to develop severe COVID-19. Because of the continuing activation of nuclear factor (NF)-κB and C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) signaling pathways in monocytes, imbalance of macrophage polarization can aggravate the cytokine release syndrome. Therefore, regulating the infiltration and differentiation of monocytes is helpful for the treatment of COVID-19 in CRC patients.
Core Tip: Not only are colorectal cancer (CRC) patients susceptible to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) but their infiltrating monocytes are also affected by SARS-CoV-2. Promotion of infiltration and differentiation of monocytes after infection CRC patients are more likely to develop severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In severe COVID-19, because of activation of the nuclear factor (NF)-κB and C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) signaling pathways, the imbalance of macrophage polarization can cause further aggravation of the cytokine release syndrome.
