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ArticleNature communications2021

Resolution of tissue signatures of therapy response in patients with recurrent GBM treated with neoadjuvant anti-PD1.

Yue Lu, Alphonsus H C Ng, Frances E Chow, Richard G Everson, Beth A Helmink, Michael T Tetzlaff, Rohit Thakur, Jennifer A Wargo, Timothy F Cloughesy, Robert M Prins and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 antibodies for glioma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  18. The Eclectic Nature of Glioma-Infiltrating Macrophages and Microglia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yue Lu *Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, USA.
Alphonsus H C Ng *Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, USA.
Frances E ChowDepartment of Medical and Molecular Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5402-2473
Richard G EversonDepartment of Medical and Molecular Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2809-3061
Beth A HelminkDepartment of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Michael T TetzlaffDepartment of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Rohit ThakurDepartment of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Jennifer A WargoDepartment of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3438-7576
Timothy F CloughesyDepartment of Medical and Molecular Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8656-7483
Robert M PrinsDepartment of Medical and Molecular Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6282-6583
James R HeathInstitute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, USA. jim.heath@isbscience.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5356-4385
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USInstitute for Systems Biology · US

Funding

UCLA SPORE in Brain CancerP50CA211015 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI David A. Nathanson · 2017 to 2026
$25.2M
Steady states and cellular transitions associated with carcinogenesis and tumorprogressionU01CA217655 · NCI · INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY · PI HEATH, JAMES R., WEI, WEI · 2017 to 2021
$3.9M
Identification and cloning of neoantigen-specific T cells for GBM immunotherapyR01CA222695 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI PRINS, ROBERT M, XING, YI · 2019 to 2023
$2.0M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA211015NCI NIH HHS R01 CA222695NCI NIH HHS U01 CA217655
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The response of patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme to neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade has been challenging to interpret due to the inter-patient and intra-tumor heterogeneity. We report on a comparative analysis of tumor tissues collected from patients with recurrent glioblastoma and high-risk melanoma, both treated with neoadjuvant checkpoint blockade. We develop a framework that uses multiplex spatial protein profiling, machine learning-based image analysis, and data-driven computational models to investigate the pathophysiological and molecular factors within the tumor microenvironment that influence treatment response. Using melanoma to guide the interpretation of glioblastoma analyses, we interrogate the protein expression in microscopic compartments of tumors, and determine the correlates of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells, tumor growth, treatment response, and immune cell-cell interaction. This work reveals similarities shared between glioblastoma and melanoma, immunosuppressive factors that are unique to the glioblastoma microenvironment, and potential co-targets for enhancing the efficacy of neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBiomarkers, TumorBrain NeoplasmsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCTLA-4 AntigenFemaleGlioblastomaHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsIpilimumabMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBiomarkers, TumorCTLA-4 AntigenCTLA4 protein, humanImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsIpilimumabNivolumabPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptor

Identifiers

PMID34188042
PMCPMC8241935
OpenAlexW3177045312

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