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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2024

NKG2A

Youqi Qiu, Li Liu, Wenbin Jiang, Ziyang Xu, Jiahao Wang, Siyuan Dai, Jianming Guo, Jiejie Xu

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Youqi Qiu *Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Li Liu *Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Wenbin Jiang *Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Ziyang Xu *Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jiahao WangDepartment of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Siyuan DaiDepartment of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jianming GuoDepartment of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China guo.jianming@zs-hospital.sh.cn jjxufdu@fudan.edu.cn.
Jiejie XuNHC Key Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Research, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China guo.jianming@zs-hospital.sh.cn jjxufdu@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7431-9063
Sun Yat-sen University · CNFudan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImmunotherapy is gaining momentum, but current treatments have limitations in terms of beneficiaries. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) harbors the highest expression of human leukocyte antigen E (HLA-E), ligand of NKG2A, among all solid tumors. In this study, we aim to investigate the role of NKG2A

methodsThis study included four independent cohorts, including 234 patients from Zhongshan cohort (ZSHC) who underwent partial or radical nephrectomy at Zhongshan Hospital, and 117 metastatic patients from metastatic Zhongshan cohort (ZSHC-metastatic renal cell carcinoma) who were treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor or tyrosine kinase inhibitor alone. We also incorporated a cohort of 530 patients diagnosed with ccRCC from The Cancer Genome Atlas (referred to as TCGA-kidney renal clear cell carcinoma) and 311 patients from CheckMate cohort for bioinformatics exploration and hypothesis validation. Fresh surgical specimens from 15 patients who underwent ccRCC surgery at Zhongshan Hospital were collected for flow cytometry analysis. Another 10 fresh surgical specimens were used to investigate the therapeutic potential of NKG2A blockade after in vitro intervention. The infiltration of NKG2A

resultsPatients with higher infiltration of NKG2A

conclusionIntense infiltration of NKG2A

Indexed as

CarcinomaCarcinoma, Renal CellKidney NeoplasmsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansImmunotherapyTumor Microenvironmentimmunotherapyrenal cell carcinomatumor microenvironment

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PMID38262706
PMCPMC10824007
OpenAlexW4391147855

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