ArticleJournal of liver cancer2020
Infiltration of T Cells and Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1-expressing Macrophages as a Potential Predictor of Lenvatinib Response in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
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- Roles of clinical application of lenvatinib and its resistance mechanism in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (Review).American journal of cancer research · 2024Review
- Higher Number of Tumor-Infiltrating PD-L1+ Cells Is Related to Better Response to Multikinase Inhibitors in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Crosstalk between tumor-associated macrophages and neighboring cells in hepatocellular carcinoma.Clinical and molecular hepatology · 2022Review
- Intrahepatic inflammatory IgAJournal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2022Article
- Blood-based biomarkers for immune-based therapy in advanced HCC: Promising but a long way to go.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
- Preferential Expression of Programmed Death Ligand 1 Protein in Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Its Potential Role in Immunotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Immunological Mechanisms for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk after Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
Background/Aims: Lenvatinib was recently proven to be non-inferior to sorafenib in treating unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a phase-3 randomized controlled trial. In this study, we investigated whether the response to lenvatinib was affected by tumor immunogenicity. Methods: Between May 2019 and April 2020, nine patients with intermediate-to-advanced HCC, who were treated with lenvatinib after liver biopsy, were enrolled. Immunohistochemical staining and multi-color flow cytometry were performed on specimens obtained from liver biopsy. Results: Among the nine patients enrolled, four showed objective responses (complete responses+partial responses). Immunohistochemical staining for CD3, CD68, and programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) demonstrated that patients with objective responses showed marked infiltration of T cells and PD-L1-expressing macrophages in intra-tumoral and peri-tumoral tissues compared to those without objective responses. A significant difference in the numbers of infiltrated T cells, both in the intra-tumoral ( Conclusions: Tumor immunogenicity, as indicated by T cell and PD-L1-positive macrophage infiltration, affects lenvatinib response in unresectable HCC.
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