Effect of Dialyzable Leukocyte Extract on chronic cervicitis in patients with HPV infection

M. P. Acosta-Rios, E. Sauer-Ramírez, L. J. Castro-Muñoz, M. García-Solís, C. Gómez-García, R. Ocadiz-Delgado, A. Martinez-Martinez, V. Sánchez-Monroy, C. Pérez-De la Mora, B. Correa-Meza, D. G. Perez-Ishiwara

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Abstract

The objective of the study was to assess the clinical, histopathological and immunochemical changes induced by dialyzable leukocyte extract (DLE) treatment in patients with chronic cervicitis associated to HPV infection. Fifty-four female Mexican patients diagnosed with chronic cervicitis, cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia grade 1 (CIN 1) and HPV infection were divided into two groups: patients treated with placebo and patients treated with DLE. Clinical and colposcopy evaluations were performed before and after treatments. Cervix biopsies were obtained to analyze histopathological features and to determine the local immunological changes by immunohistochemistry analyses. Placebo-treated patients showed no significant changes in the evaluated parameters. Interestingly, in DLE-treated patients, clinical manifestations of cervicitis diminished and 89% of them remitted the colposcopic lesions. Histological analyses of biopsies from DLE-treated patients showed a decreasing leukocyte infiltrate. Immunochemical analyses showed an increased expression of TGF-β, while expression of IFN-γ, PCNA, and IL-32 decreased. Our results suggest that DLE can stimulate innate immunity of cervical mucosae, diminishing chronic cervicitis in HPV-infected patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Register ISRCTN16429164 Abbreviations: HPV = Human Papilloma Virus; DLE = Dialyzable leukocyte extract.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)237-243
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of medicine and life
Volume10
Issue number4
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2017

Keywords

  • DLE
  • HPV
  • chronic cervicitis

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