ArticleHepatology communications2020
Hepatocellular Carcinoma-Circulating Tumor Cells Expressing PD-L1 Are Prognostic and Potentially Associated With Response to Checkpoint Inhibitors.
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Liver Cancer and Immunotherapy : Clinical Relevance of LIquid BioPSY
Who cites it
81 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prognostic significance of programmed cell death ligand 1 blood markers in non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Pooled it
- Neoadjuvant Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Pooled it
- Prognostic significance of programmed cell death-ligand 1 expression on circulating tumor cells in various cancers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Cancer medicine · 2021Pooled it
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- Non-Invasive Assessment of Microvascular Invasion Risk in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Liquid Biopsy: Translational Insights and Clinical Implications.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Knowledge mapping of ⁹⁰Y transarterial radioembolization combined with immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma: a bibliometric analysis.Discover oncology · 2026Article
- Liquid biopsies in precision oncology for older adults with cancer.NPJ precision oncology · 2026Review
- PD-L1 expression on circulating tumor cells for predicting clinical outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma receiving PD-(L)1 blockade and targeted therapy.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2026Article
- Drug-resistant bacterial infections in end-stage liver disease: immune imbalance and intervention advances.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Overcoming immune resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma: insights into mechanisms, predictive factors, and interventional strategies.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Single-cell analysis and EpCAM-based microfluidic chip detection of PD-L1 on circulating tumor cells for prognostic prediction in epithelial ovarian cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Clinical Significance of Circulating Tumor Cells in the Portal Vein of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Anatomical Liver Resection.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- ASO Author Reflections: Portal Venous Glypican-3-Positive Circulating Tumor Cells Predict Microscopic Portal Vein Invasion and Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Prediction of prognostic biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma and immune microenvironment infiltration based on single-cell sequencing and RNA-Seq integration.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- A fixation-compatible protocol for intracellular and surface marker-based detection of circulating tumor cells in hepatocellular carcinoma.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Dynamics of Telomerase-Based PD-L1 Circulating Tumor Cells as a Longitudinal Biomarker for Treatment Response Prediction in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The evolving landscape of biomarkers for systemic therapy in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.Biomarker research · 2025Review
- Liquid biopsy in hepatocellular carcinoma: Challenges, advances, and clinical implications.Clinical and molecular hepatology · 2025Review
- Serum BDNF helps identify favorable subgroups in HCC patients treated with PD-L1 inhibitors and anti-angiogenic TKIs.Therapeutic advances in medical oncology · 2025Article
- Exploring Circulating Tumor Cells: Detection Methods and Biomarkers for Clinical Evaluation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of mortality. Checkpoint inhibitors of programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) have shown great efficacy, but lack biomarkers that predict response. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have promise as a liquid-biopsy biomarker; however, data on HCC CTCs expressing PD-L1 have not been reported. We sought to detect PD-L1-expressing HCC-CTCs and investigated their role as a prognostic and predictive biomarker. Using an antibody-based platform, CTCs were enumerated/phenotyped from a prospective cohort of 87 patients with HCC (49 early-stage, 22 locally advanced, and 16 metastatic), 7 patients with cirrhosis, and 8 healthy controls. Immunocytochemistry identified total HCC CTCs (4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole-positive [DAPI+]/cytokeratin-positive [CK+]/clusters of differentiation 45-negative [CD45-]) and a subpopulation expressing PD-L1 (DAPI+/CK+/PD-L1+/CD45-). PD-L1+ CTCs were identified in 4 of 49 (8.2%) early-stage patients, but 12 of 22 (54.5%) locally advanced and 15 of 16 (93.8%) metastatic patients, accurately discriminating early from locally advanced/metastatic HCC (sensitivity = 71.1%, specificity = 91.8%, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve = 0.807;
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