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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2025

PD-L1

Selina Gies, Patrick Melchior, Istvan Molnar, Gregor Olmes, Russalina Stroeder, Tanja Tänzer, Maike Pohlers, Moritz Schäfer, Laura Theobald, Martina Sester and 2 more

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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12 authors.

Selina GiesCenter of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB) Kirrbergerstraße, Institute of Virology, Saarland University, Building 47, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Patrick MelchiorDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Istvan MolnarDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Gregor OlmesDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Russalina StroederDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Tanja TänzerCenter of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB) Kirrbergerstraße, Institute of Virology, Saarland University, Building 47, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Maike PohlersCenter of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB) Kirrbergerstraße, Institute of Virology, Saarland University, Building 47, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Moritz SchäferCenter of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB) Kirrbergerstraße, Institute of Virology, Saarland University, Building 47, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Laura TheobaldCenter of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB) Kirrbergerstraße, Institute of Virology, Saarland University, Building 47, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Martina SesterDepartment of Transplant and Infection Immunology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Erich Franz SolomayerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Barbara Walch-RückheimCenter of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB) Kirrbergerstraße, Institute of Virology, Saarland University, Building 47, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany. barbara.walch@uks.eu.ORCID 0000-0003-3355-8978

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMonitoring individual therapy responses of patients with cancer represents a major clinical challenge providing the basis to early identify metastases and cancer relapse. We previously demonstrated that radio- or chemoradiotherapy affects the systemic cellular milieu of patients with vulvar or cervical cancer and creates individual post-therapeutic environments associated with cancer relapse. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the systemic milieu are related to metastases and relapse; however, their quantitative and phenotypic characteristics during therapy of patients with vulvar and cervical cancer are still unknown.

methodsIn this prospective, longitudinal study, we verified the presence of CTCs via immunofluorescence and systemically characterized CTCs by flow cytometry from the blood of 40 patients with vulvar and 115 patients with cervical cancer receiving surgery, adjuvant radiotherapy (aRT), chemoradiotherapy (aCRT) or primary chemoradiotherapy (pCRT) and linked the presence of different CTC subpopulations with individual outcome of disease.

resultsPre-therapeutic cytokeratin

conclusionOur study unravels individual therapy-induced changes in CTC phenotypic characteristics and occurrence in the patients' blood and their association with cancer relapse. Our results may help to explain differences in the individual courses of disease of patients with vulvar and cervical cancer and suggest PD-L1, CD49f and CD133 as targets for immunotherapy in vulvar and cervical cancer.

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AC133 AntigenB7-H1 AntigenChemoradiotherapyIntegrin alpha6Neoplastic Cells, CirculatingUterine Cervical NeoplasmsVulvar NeoplasmsAdultAgedFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMiddle AgedPrognosisTreatment OutcomeAC133 AntigenB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanIntegrin alpha6Cervical cancerChemoradiotherapyCirculating tumor cellsRadiotherapyVulvar cancer

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PMID40083005
PMCPMC11908062

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