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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2019

Immune-enrichment of non-small cell lung cancer baseline biopsies for multiplex profiling define prognostic immune checkpoint combinations for patient stratification.

Anne Monette, Derek Bergeron, Amira Ben Amor, Liliane Meunier, Christine Caron, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, Nidhameddine Kchir, Kamel Hamzaoui, Igor Jurisica, Réjean Lapointe

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Anne MonetteInstitut du cancer de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. anne.monette@mail.mcgill.ca.
Derek BergeronDépartement de Médecine, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
Amira Ben AmorMedicine Faculty of Tunis, Department of Immunology and Histology, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia.
Liliane MeunierInstitut du cancer de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Christine CaronInstitut du cancer de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Anne-Marie Mes-MassonInstitut du cancer de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Nidhameddine KchirDepartment of Pathology, La Rabta Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
Kamel HamzaouiMedicine Faculty of Tunis, Department of Immunology and Histology, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia.
Igor JurisicaKrembil Research Institute, UHN, 60 Leonard Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 0S8, Canada.
Réjean LapointeInstitut du cancer de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. rejean.lapointe@umontreal.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-1871-5878

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPermanence of front-line management of lung cancer by immunotherapies requires predictive companion diagnostics identifying immune-checkpoints at baseline, challenged by the size and heterogeneity of biopsy specimens.

methodsAn innovative, tumor heterogeneity reducing, immune-enriched tissue microarray was constructed from baseline biopsies, and multiplex immunofluorescence was used to profile 25 immune-checkpoints and immune-antigens.

resultsMultiple immune-checkpoints were ranked, correlated with antigen presenting and cytotoxic effector lymphocyte activity, and were reduced with advancing disease. Immune-checkpoint combinations on TILs were associated with a marked survival advantage. Conserved combinations validated on more than 11,000 lung, breast, gastric and ovarian cancer patients demonstrate the feasibility of pan-cancer companion diagnostics.

conclusionsIn this hypothesis-generating study, deepening our understanding of immune-checkpoint biology, comprehensive protein-protein interaction and pathway mapping revealed that redundant immune-checkpoint interactors associate with positive outcomes, providing new avenues for the deciphering of molecular mechanisms behind effects of immunotherapeutic agents targeting immune-checkpoints analyzed.

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Biomarkers, TumorFeasibility StudiesFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansImmunotherapyMaleNeoplasmsPrognosisProtein Interaction MapsSurvival AnalysisTissue Array AnalysisBiomarkers, TumorBaseline biopsiesLung cancerPan-cancerPrognostic immune checkpoint combinations

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PMID30922393
PMCPMC6437930

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