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ArticleTurkish journal of medical sciences2023

LAG-3 expression in tumor microenvironment of triple-negative breast cancer.

Gözde Tahtacı, Nazan Günel, Aysu Sadioğlu, Nalan Akyürek, Oğulcan Boz, Aytuğ Üner

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Article in Turkish journal of medical sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Immune evasion and resistance in breast cancer.American journal of cancer research · 2025
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  5. Immunotherapy in Breast Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gözde TahtacıDepartment of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Nazan GünelDepartment of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Aysu SadioğluDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Nalan AkyürekDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Oğulcan BozDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Aytuğ ÜnerDepartment of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Gazi University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study aimed to evaluate the expression of lymphocyte activation gene-3 (LAG-3) and its relationship with programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

methods: LAG-3 and PD-L1 was evaluated in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) using immunohistochemistry (IHC). The chi-square test was used to estimate the associations between LAG-3, PD-L1 and clinicopathological characteristics. Correlation between LAG-3 stromal TIL (sTIL), LAG-3 intraepitelial TIL (iTIL) and PD-L1 was assessed with using the Spearman's correlation coefficient. Survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method.

resultsThe percentages of LAG-3 sTIL+, LAG-3 iTIL+, PD-L1+ tumor cells and PD-L1+ inflammatory cells were 52%, 42%, 14% and 70%, respectively. A strong positive correlation between LAG-3 sTIL and LAG-3 iTIL (r = 0.874, p < 0.001) and a moderate positive correlation between LAG-3 sTIL and PD-L1 (r = 0.584, p < 0.001) were found. LAG-3 and PD-L1 status did not significantly affect overall survival (OS) (HR: 0.56 (95% CI: 0.15-2.11) (p = 0.397), HR: 2.70 (95% CI: 0.56-13.02) (p = 0.215), respectively). DISCUSSION: High levels of LAG-3 and PD-L1 expression were detected in patients with TNBC. Although their contribution to survival could not be determined, the high expression rates of PD-L1 and LAG-3 may help identify the subgroup of TNBC that would benefit from immunotherapy.

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Triple Negative Breast NeoplasmsB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorHumansLymphocyte Activation Gene 3 ProteinPrognosisSurvival AnalysisTumor MicroenvironmentB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorLag3 protein, humanLymphocyte Activation Gene 3 ProteinBreast cancerLAG-3PD-L1triple-negativetumor infiltrating lymphocytes

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PMID36945923
PMCPMC10388047
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