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SynthesisGenome research2014

Neo-antigens predicted by tumor genome meta-analysis correlate with increased patient survival.

Scott D Brown, Rene L Warren, Ewan A Gibb, Spencer D Martin, John J Spinelli, Brad H Nelson, Robert A Holt

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract readMeta-Analysis
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Synthesis in Genome research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04273061 (Canadian Atezolizumab Precision Targeting for Immunotherapy Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 359 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04273061 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Canadian Atezolizumab Precision Targeting for Immunotherapy Intervention

TypeinterventionalSponsorBritish Columbia Cancer AgencyRan2020 to 2027Enrolled200ConditionsBreast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Genitourinary CancerArmsAtezolizumab
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

359 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 614 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Tumor infiltration of inactive CD8 + T cells was associated with poor prognosis in Gastric Cancer.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2025
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299 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Scott D BrownCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L3, Canada;
Rene L Warren
Ewan A Gibb
Spencer D Martin
John J Spinelli
Brad H Nelson
Robert A Holt
BC Cancer Agency · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP-102679
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Somatic missense mutations can initiate tumorogenesis and, conversely, anti-tumor cytotoxic T cell (CTL) responses. Tumor genome analysis has revealed extreme heterogeneity among tumor missense mutation profiles, but their relevance to tumor immunology and patient outcomes has awaited comprehensive evaluation. Here, for 515 patients from six tumor sites, we used RNA-seq data from The Cancer Genome Atlas to identify mutations that are predicted to be immunogenic in that they yielded mutational epitopes presented by the MHC proteins encoded by each patient's autologous HLA-A alleles. Mutational epitopes were associated with increased patient survival. Moreover, the corresponding tumors had higher CTL content, inferred from CD8A gene expression, and elevated expression of the CTL exhaustion markers PDCD1 and CTLA4. Mutational epitopes were very scarce in tumors without evidence of CTL infiltration. These findings suggest that the abundance of predicted immunogenic mutations may be useful for identifying patients likely to benefit from checkpoint blockade and related immunotherapies.

Indexed as

Genome, HumanAllelesAntigens, NeoplasmCD8 AntigensCTLA-4 AntigenDisease-Free SurvivalEpitopesHumansMajor Histocompatibility ComplexMutation, MissenseNeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorTreatment OutcomeAntigens, NeoplasmCD8 antigen, alpha chainCD8 AntigensCTLA-4 AntigenCTLA4 protein, humanEpitopesPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptor

Identifiers

PMID24782321
PMCPMC4009604
OpenAlexW2096064375

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