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ArticleCancers2023

TIM-3 Qualifies as a Potential Immunotherapeutic Target in Specific Subsets of Patients with High-Risk Soft Tissue Sarcomas (HR-STS).

Luc M Berclaz, Annelore Altendorf-Hofmann, Lars H Lindner, Anton Burkhard-Meier, Dorit Di Gioia, Hans Roland Dürr, Alexander Klein, Markus Albertsmeier, Nina-Sophie Schmidt-Hegemann, Frederick Klauschen and 1 more

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Article in Cancers, 2023. 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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7 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Association of Circulating T Cell and Tumor Microenvironment Profiles with Immune Checkpoint Blockade Outcomes in Sarcoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
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  4. Rendering NK Cells Antigen-Specific for the Therapy of Solid Tumours.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luc M BerclazDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4405-138X
Annelore Altendorf-HofmannDepartment of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Lars H LindnerDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3708-8264
Anton Burkhard-MeierDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Dorit Di GioiaDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Hans Roland DürrOrthopaedic Oncology, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1347-1173
Alexander KleinOrthopaedic Oncology, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5562-9872
Markus AlbertsmeierDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5028-5062
Nina-Sophie Schmidt-HegemannDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Frederick KlauschenInstitute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Thomas KnöselInstitute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1822-0197
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEFriedrich Schiller University Jena · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: The expression of T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing protein 3 (TIM-3), an immune checkpoint receptor on T cells, has been associated with dismal outcomes and advanced tumor stages in various solid tumors. The blockade of TIM-3 is currently under examination in several clinical trials. This study examines TIM-3 expression in high-risk soft tissue sarcomas (HR-STS). (2) Methods: Tumor cell expression of TIM-3 on protein level was analyzed in pre-treatment biopsies of patients with HR-STS. TIM-3 expression was correlated with clinicopathological parameters including tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) counts, programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death ligand 1 (PDL-1) expression in patients with HR-STS. Survival dependent on the expression of TIM-3 was analyzed. (3) Results: TIM-3 expression was observed in 101 (56%) out of 179 pre-treatment biopsies of patients with HR-STS. TIM-3 expression was significantly more often observed in undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas (UPS) compared to other histological subtypes (

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immune checkpoint inhibitorsimmunotherapysarcomaTIM-3tumor biomarkers

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