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ArticleOncotarget2017

Identification of patient-specific and tumor-shared T cell receptor sequences in renal cell carcinoma patients.

Chiara Massa, Harlan Robins, Cindy Desmarais, Dagmar Riemann, Corinna Fahldieck, Paolo Fornara, Barbara Seliger

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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7 authors.

Chiara MassaInstitute of Medical Immunology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saale 06112, Germany.
Harlan RobinsAdaptive Biotechnologies Corp, Seattle, WA 98102, USA.
Cindy DesmaraisAdaptive Biotechnologies Corp, Seattle, WA 98102, USA.
Dagmar RiemannInstitute of Medical Immunology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saale 06112, Germany.
Corinna FahldieckInstitute of Medical Immunology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saale 06112, Germany.
Paolo FornaraClinic of Urology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saale 06112, Germany.
Barbara SeligerInstitute of Medical Immunology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saale 06112, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major requirement for cancer immunotherapy is the development of biomarkers for prognosis and for monitoring therapy response. In an attempt to evaluate the immune response of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients, tumor lesions and / or blood samples from 12 RCC patients underwent deep T cell receptor (TCR) sequencing. Despite the low number of samples, different TCR distribution patterns could be detected. Most of the RCC patients presented "patient-specific" TCR sequences, and those clonotypes were present at higher frequency in tumor lesions suggesting a specific extravasation from the blood. Comparison among the tumor samples revealed also "patient-shared" TCR patterns. Indeed, a central core of 16 different TCRs were shared by 3 patients, whereas other 6 patients shared between 4 and 6 TCR sequences, with two sub-groups sharing 12 to 17 different clonotypes. The relative frequencies of shared clonotypes were very different varying from < 1% to a maximum of 37% of the total TCR repertoire. These data confirm the presence of tumor-specific TCR within the cancer tissue and suggest the existence of shared epitopes among different patients that might be used as targets for tumor immunotherapy.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Renal CellHumansKidney NeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellBiomarkers, TumorReceptors, Antigen, T-Cellimmune monitoringimmune responseimmune therapyrenal cell carcinomaTCR sequencing

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PMID28177902
PMCPMC5400578

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