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ArticleImmunotherapy advances2023

Efficacy of PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor therapy in melanoma and beyond: are peripheral T cell phenotypes the key?

Katie R Flaherty, Stephanie Kucykowicz, Johannes Schroth, Will Traves, Kyle T Mincham, George E Finney

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Article in Immunotherapy advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Katie R FlahertyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, King's College London, London, UK.
Stephanie KucykowiczInstitute of Immunity and Transplantation, University College London, London, UK.
Johannes SchrothWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Will TravesNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Kyle T MinchamNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
George E FinneyInstitute of Immunity and Transplantation, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4230-4235

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy treatment strategies have proven effective in a limited portion of patients, where identifying responders from non-responders to treatment remains a challenge. While some indications can be drawn from invasive biopsies, we need more accessible methods for predicting response and better correlates of response prior to starting therapy. Recent work has identified differences in immune composition at baseline in peripheral blood from melanoma patients responding to PD-1 blockade treatment. Through flow cytometric analysis of T cell receptors, phenotypical features of CD8+ and CD4+ T cells and Tregs could allow for the stratification of treatment response. Analysing T cells within peripheral blood could potentially allow for the stratification of PD-1 treatment response prior to therapy in different cancer settings.

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cancercheckpointinhibitionPD-1

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PMID38020310
PMCPMC10676196

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