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SynthesisClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2025

Correlation between exosomal PD-L1 and prognosis in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Lijun Huang, Qiurong He, Liping Liu, Jie Huang, Fan Chang

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Synthesis in Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Lijun HuangWest China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9673-3628
Qiurong HeWest China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Liping LiuWest China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jie Huang *West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. 547913081@qq.com.
Fan Chang *Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. changfanzi@outlook.com.

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Abstract

backgroundThe predictive role of exosomal programmed cell death ligand l (exoPD-L1) in prognosis has been studied extensively; however, there is still no consensus.

methodsThree databases, including EMBASE, PubMed, and Web of Science, were searched through January 4, 2024. The pooled hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs) were used to identify the relationship between circulating exoPD-L1 and prognosis.

results15 studies with 1091 patients with cancer were included in this statistical analysis. High exoPD-L1 level was correlated with shorter progression-free survival (PFS) (HR = 2.58, 95% CI: 1.75-3.81) and overall survival (OS) (HR = 1.61, 95% CI: 1.32-1.98). Meanwhile, we found that dynamic upregulation of circulating exoPD-L1 in the early stages of immunotherapy was a favorable factor for prognosis (PFS: HR = 0.34, 95% CI: 0.23-0.51; OS: HR = 0.21, 95% CI: 0.13-0.26).

conclusionCirculating exoPD-L1 may be a valuable prognostic indicator for patients with cancer and monitoring its changes in the early stages of immunotherapy might be used to predict tumor response and clinical outcome. This conclusion may not apply to superficial tumors.

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B7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorExosomesNeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyPrognosisProgression-Free SurvivalB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCD274 protein, humanCancerExosomal PD-L1Meta-analysisPrognosis

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