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ArticleImmuno-oncology technology2023

The predictive and prognostic role of single nucleotide gene variants of PD-1 and PD-L1 in patients with advanced melanoma treated with PD-1 inhibitors.

A Boutros, R Carosio, D Campanella, F Spagnolo, B Banelli, A Morabito, M P Pistillo, E Croce, F Cecchi, P Pronzato and 4 more

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Article in Immuno-oncology technology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

A BoutrosSkin Cancer Unit, Medical Oncology 2, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa.
R CarosioTumor Epigenetics Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa.
D CampanellaClinical Epidemiology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa.
F SpagnoloSkin Cancer Unit, Medical Oncology 2, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa.
B BanelliTumor Epigenetics Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa.
A MorabitoTumor Epigenetics Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa.
M P PistilloTumor Epigenetics Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa.
E CroceSkin Cancer Unit, Medical Oncology 2, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa.
F CecchiSkin Cancer Unit, Medical Oncology 2, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa.
P PronzatoSkin Cancer Unit, Medical Oncology 2, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa.
P QueiroloDivision of Melanoma Sarcoma and Rare Tumors, IRCCS European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
E RaposioDepartment of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), Plastic Surgery Division, University of Genova, Genoa.
V FontanaClinical Epidemiology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa.
E T TandaSkin Cancer Unit, Medical Oncology 2, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa.
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino · ITEuropean Institute of Oncology · ITUniversity of Genoa · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Despite having revolutionized the treatment paradigm for advanced melanoma, not all patients benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. To date, there are no predictive biomarkers for response or the occurrence of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) to programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitors. Our aim was to investigate the predictive and prognostic role of single nucleotide variants (SNVs) of genes involved in the PD-1 axis. Methods: We analysed, in metastatic melanoma patients treated with nivolumab or pembrolizumab, five PD-1 SNVs, namely PD1.3 G>A (rs11568821), PD1.5 C>T (rs2227981), PD1.6 G>A (rs10204525), PD1.7 T>C(rs7421861), PD1.10 C>G (rs5582977) and three programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) SNVs: +8293 C>A (rs2890658), PD-L1 C>T (rs2297136) and PD-L1 G>C (rs4143815). Association of SNV genotypic frequencies with best overall response to PD-1 inhibitors and development of irAEs were estimated through a modified Poisson regression. A Cox regression modelling approach was applied to evaluate the SNV association with OS. Results: A total of 125 patients with advanced melanoma were included in the analysis. A reduction in irAEs risk was observed in patients carrying the PD-L1 +8293 C/A genotype compared with those carrying the C/C genotype (risk ratio = 0.45; 95% CL 0.22-0.93; Conclusions: Our study showed that PD-1.5 and PD-L1 +8293 SNVs may play a role as a predictive biomarker of development of irAEs to PD-1 inhibitors. PD1.7 SNV may also be associated with a reduction of the risk of death, although further translational research is needed to confirm these results.

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melanomaPD-1PD-L1single nucleotide gene variantSNV

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