Trial reportNature communications2021
Molecular determinants of response to PD-L1 blockade across tumor types.
Trial report in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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104 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 165 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Immune features are associated with response to neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.Nature communications · 2024Trial
- Transcriptomic Correlates of Tumor Cell PD-L1 Expression and Response to Nivolumab Monotherapy in Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2022Trial
- ClonalLife science alliance · 2026Article
- COVID-19 vaccination around immune checkpoint inhibitor start and survival in a nationwide cohort of patients with cancer.Nature medicine · 2026Article
- Bandgap-Engineered PtAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Immune Phenotype in Urothelial Carcinoma: From Tumor Biology to Therapeutic Stratification.Cancers · 2026Review
- Beyond PD-1/PD-L1: Reprogramming the Gynecologic Tumor Microenvironment by Targeting TIGIT and Myeloid Suppression.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Proteome profiles of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tie mitochondrial complex I to immunotherapy.EMBO molecular medicine · 2026Article
- Targeting senescent EGR1Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Article
- CA9+ cancer-associated fibroblasts cooperate with SPP1+ tumor-associated macrophages driving immune resistance in triple-negative breast cancer.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026Article
- Vulnerability and Immunogenic Cell Death under Microwave Ablation for Synergistic Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Biomaterials research · 2026Article
- Non-small cell lung cancer research: advances and persistent challenges.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
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- Case Report: No radiographic evidence of disease for 45 months in a patient with recurrent clear cell renal cell carcinoma treated with third-line combination therapy utilizing toripalimab and axitinib.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Complete pathological response after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in PD-L1-negative unresectable primary hepatic small cell carcinoma: a case report and tumor microenvironment analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Interferon Epsilon Loss Is Elusive 9p21 Link to Immune-Cold Tumors, Resistant to Immune Checkpoint Therapy, and Endogenous CXCL9/10 Induction.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2025Review
- CDKN2A deletion is associated with immune desertification in diffuse pleural mesothelioma.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025Article
- Clonal diversity shapes the tumour microenvironment leading to distinct immunotherapy responses in metastatic urothelial carcinoma.Nature communications · 2025Article
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Abstract
Immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 axis lead to durable clinical responses in subsets of cancer patients across multiple indications, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), urothelial carcinoma (UC) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Herein, we complement PD-L1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) and tumor mutation burden (TMB) with RNA-seq in 366 patients to identify unifying and indication-specific molecular profiles that can predict response to checkpoint blockade across these tumor types. Multiple machine learning approaches failed to identify a baseline transcriptional signature highly predictive of response across these indications. Signatures described previously for immune checkpoint inhibitors also failed to validate. At the pathway level, significant heterogeneity is observed between indications, in particular within the PD-L1
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