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ArticleNPJ precision oncology2026

Immunopeptidomics-guided identification of functional neoantigens in non-small cell lung cancer.

Ben Nicholas, Alistair Bailey, Katy J McCann, Oliver Wood, Eve Currall, Peter Johnson, Tim Elliott, Christian Ottensmeier, Paul Skipp

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Article in NPJ precision oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Ben Nicholas *Centre for Proteomic Research, Biological Sciences and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. bln1@soton.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1467-9643
Alistair Bailey *Centre for Proteomic Research, Biological Sciences and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0023-8679
Katy J McCannFaculty of Medicine, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4388-7265
Oliver WoodFaculty of Medicine, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Eve CurrallInstitute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-0400-2376
Peter JohnsonCancer Research UK Clinical Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2306-4974
Tim ElliottFaculty of Medicine, Centre for Cancer Immunology and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1097-0222
Christian OttensmeierFaculty of Medicine, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3619-1657
Paul SkippCentre for Proteomic Research, Biological Sciences and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2995-2959

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BM/M012387/1Cancer Research UK A21998
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has poor survival even with modern checkpoint inhibitor therapies. Personalised vaccines based on short peptide neoantigens containing tumour mutations are an attractive precision medicine strategy, but identifying therapeutically relevant neoantigens remains challenging, with existing methods yielding positive responses in only 6% of candidates tested. We developed an immunopeptidomics approach to improve neoantigen identification in 24 NSCLC patients (15 adenocarcinoma, 9 squamous cell carcinoma). We directly identified one neoantigen and using whole exome sequencing, transcriptomics and mass spectrometry-based immunopeptidomics, we filtered predicted neoantigens based on observed cohort HLA peptide presentation. This approach achieved positive functional responses in 5 of 6 patients tested (83% success rate) with 13% of putative neoantigens (9 out of 70) eliciting strong responses. Bayesian modelling of our initial rules-based neoantigen selection further revealed patient specific peptide presentation patterns and propensities. Our findings demonstrate that incorporating donor-specific HLA peptide presentation data substantially improves neoantigen identification success rates and immune response specificity, advancing personalised cancer vaccine development.

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PMID42270771
PMCPMC13601597

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