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ArticleLiver cancer2025

Dynamic Peripheral T-Cell Analysis Identifies On-Treatment Prognostic Biomarkers of Atezolizumab plus Bevacizumab in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Ji Won Han, Min Woo Kang, Soon Kyu Lee, Hyun Yang, Ji Hoon Kim, Jae-Sung Yoo, Hee Sun Cho, Eun Ji Jang, Deok Hwa Seo, Jung Hyun Kwon and 6 more

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Article in Liver cancer, 2025. 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

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  3. [Research progress on poor response, resistance mechanisms, and influencing factors of immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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  4. Association between peripheral IFN-γFrontiers in immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Ji Won HanThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Min Woo KangThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Soon Kyu LeeThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Hyun YangThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Ji Hoon KimThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jae-Sung YooThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Hee Sun ChoThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Eun Ji JangThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Deok Hwa SeoThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jung Hyun KwonThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Soon Woo NamThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Si Hyun BaeThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jeong Won JangThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jong Young ChoiThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Seung Kew YoonThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Pil Soo SungThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Variability in response to atezolizumab plus bevacizumab (AB) treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) underscores the critical need for the development of effective biomarkers. We sought to identify peripheral blood biomarkers reflecting response to AB treatment. Methods: We analyzed dynamic changes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a prospective, multicenter cohort of 65 patients with HCC, using flow cytometry to evaluate the T-cell population before and 3 weeks after the first AB treatment. Results: We found a unique response of the CD8 Conclusion: These findings highlight the potential of dynamic changes in CD8

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Atezolizumab and bevacizumabBiomarkerHepatocellular carcinomaImmunotherapyT cell

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PMID40144473
PMCPMC11936438

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