性别差异在肿瘤免疫治疗中的多维度影响

Multidimensional Impact of Sex Differences in Cancer Immunotherapy

  • 摘要: 在全球范围内,癌症的发病率与死亡率存在显著的性别差异,男性在非生殖系统肿瘤中的发病率与死亡率普遍高于女性。流行病学研究表明,在接受免疫检查点抑制剂(immune checkpoint inhibitors, ICIs)治疗时,男性患者的总体生存获益优于女性,而女性对免疫联合治疗的响应率可能更高。本文系统阐述了非生殖系统肿瘤中的性别差异,涵盖性激素的双向调控、性染色体异常的驱动机制,以及肿瘤微环境与肠道菌群的交互作用。强调整合单细胞多组学技术对于解析性激素、免疫和代谢之间的交互网络的重要性。同时,提议开发针对不同激素状态、肿瘤微环境及菌群代谢产物的性别分层免疫治疗策略,以推动精准免疫肿瘤学的发展。

     

    Abstract: Globally, there are pronounced sex disparities in cancer incidence and mortality, with males generally exhibiting higher incidence and mortality rates for non-reproductive cancers than females. Epidemiological studies indicate that among patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), males derive a greater overall survival benefit, whereas females tend to have higher response rates to combined immunotherapy. This review systematically elucidates the sex differences in non-reproductive cancers, encompassing the bidirectional regulation by sex hormones, the driving mechanisms of sex chromosome abnormalities, and the crosstalk between the tumor microenvironment and the gut microbiota. It highlights the necessity of integrating single-cell multi-omics technologies to dissect the interaction network among sex hormones, immunity, and metabolism. Furthermore, it advocates the development of sex-stratified immunotherapeutic strategies tailored to different hormonal statuses, tumor microenvironments, and microbial metabolites, thereby advancing precision immuno-oncology.

     

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