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ArticleCancers2022

Relationship between Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, PD-L1 and Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes with Pathologic Response and Survival in Breast Cancer.

Mariana López Flores, Emiliano Honrado Franco, Luis Felipe Sánchez Cousido, Carlos Minguito-Carazo, Oscar Sanz Guadarrama, Laura López González, María Eva Vallejo Pascual, Antonio José Molina de la Torre, Andrés García Palomo, Ana López González

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Article in Cancers, 2022. 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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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
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  3. Profiling of Breast Cancer Stem Cell Types/States Shows the Role of CD44International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
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  6. Regulation of Cancer Stem Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment.Cancer heterogeneity and plasticity · 2025
    Article
  7. The Significance of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 in Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mariana López FloresMedical Oncology Department, University Hospital of León, 24071 León, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6404-7770
Emiliano Honrado FrancoPathology Department, University Hospital of León, 24071 León, Spain.
Luis Felipe Sánchez CousidoMedical Oncology Department, University Hospital of León, 24071 León, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5158-4160
Carlos Minguito-CarazoCardiology Department, University Hospital of León, 24071 León, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3628-6245
Oscar Sanz GuadarramaGeneral Surgery Department, University Hospital of León, 24071 León, Spain.
Laura López GonzálezRadiology Department, University Hospital of León, 24071 León, Spain.
María Eva Vallejo PascualFaculty of Economics and Business, University of León, 24071 León, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7759-7165
Antonio José Molina de la TorreThe Research Group in Gen-Environment and Health Interactions (GIIGAS)/Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, 24071 León, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5948-6397
Andrés García PalomoMedical Oncology Department, University Hospital of León, 24071 León, Spain.
Ana López GonzálezMedical Oncology Department, University Hospital of León, 24071 León, Spain.
Hospital de León · ESUniversidad de León · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1A1) is a cancer stem cell (CSC) marker related to clinical outcomes in breast cancer (BC). The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between ALDH1A1, programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in triple negative (TN) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive (HER2+) BC tumors, and its association with clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes. A retrospective, historical cohort study of patients diagnosed with early or locally advanced BC treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy was conducted. ALDH1A1, PD-L1 expression and TILs were assessed using immunohistochemistry. A total of 75 patients were analyzed (42.7% TN, 57.3% HER2+ tumors). ALDH1A1+ was related to HTILs (p = 0.005) and PD-L1+ tumors (p = 0.004). ALDH1A1+ tumors presented higher CD3+ (p = 0.008), CD4+ (p = 0.005), CD8+ (p = 0.003) and CD20+ (p = 0.006) TILs. ALDH1A1+ (p = 0.018), PD-L1+ (p = 0.004) and HTILs (p < 0.001) were related to smaller tumors. ALDH1A1+ was related to pathologic complete response (pCR) (p = 0.048). At the end of the follow-up (54.4 [38.3−87.6] months), 47 patients (62.7%) remained disease-free, and 20 (26.7%) had died. HTILs were related to improved disease-free survival (p = 0.027). ALDH1A1+ was related to PD-L1+ and HITLs, that might be related to higher pCR rates with neoadjuvant therapy.

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aldehyde dehydrogenasebreast cancerbreast cancer stem cells

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PMID36139578
PMCPMC9496850
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