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ArticleImmunity2026

Immunoediting restricts clonal neoantigens in primary, treatment-naive human tumors.

Elizabeth S Borden, David Castellano, Emily A Kantzos, Alysia Hughes, Zachary Leibovit-Reiben, Alyssa Stockard, Anirudh Choudhary, Tao Ma, Xing Li, Aaron R Mangold and 5 more

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Article in Immunity, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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15 authors.

Elizabeth S BordenDepartment of Dermatology, College of Medicine-Phoenix, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA; Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Phoenix, AZ 85012, USA.
David CastellanoDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Emily A KantzosDepartment of Dermatology, College of Medicine-Phoenix, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
Alysia HughesDepartment of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.
Zachary Leibovit-ReibenDepartment of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.
Alyssa StockardDepartment of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.
Anirudh ChoudharyDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61801, USA.
Tao MaDepartment of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.
Xing LiDepartment of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.
Aaron R MangoldDepartment of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.
Ryan N GutenkunstDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Bonnie J LaFleurBIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA; R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Kenneth H BuetowSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA; Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.
Melissa A WilsonSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA; Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.
Karen Taraszka HastingsDepartment of Dermatology, College of Medicine-Phoenix, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA; Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Phoenix, AZ 85012, USA; University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA. Electronic address: khasting@arizona.edu.

Funding

Population genomic inferences of history and selection across populations and timeR35GM149235 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Ryan Gutenkunst · 2023 to 2026
$1.3M
Immunoediting in Cutaneous Squamous Cell CarcinomaF30CA281056 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Elizabeth Borden · 2023 to 2026
$199k
BLRD VA I01 BX005336NCI NIH HHS F30 CA281056NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM149235
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell targeting of cancer cells alters the tumor antigen landscape in preclinical models. Here, we examined the impact of immunoediting on the antigenic landscape of primary, treatment-naive human tumors. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma tumors from immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients revealed consistent tumor mutational signatures; however, high-immune-infiltrate tumors from immunocompetent patients had lower overall mutational burdens and lower clonal mutational burdens compared with low-infiltrate tumors from immunocompetent patients and tumors from immunosuppressed patients. The lower clonal mutational burden in high-immune-infiltrate tumors from immunocompetent patients persisted after accounting for tumor purity and growth rate. Predicted neoantigen: major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I binding affinity decreased with increasing variant allele frequency, demonstrating restriction of mutations encoding MHC-binding neoantigens. Neoantigens with features shared with validated immunogenic neoantigens were decreased in clonal relative to subclonal cancer cell populations in high-immune-infiltrate tumors from immunocompetent patients. Thus, the immune system restricts cancer cells expressing immunogenic antigens from clonal populations in primary, treatment-naive human tumors.

Indexed as

Antigens, NeoplasmCarcinoma, Squamous CellSkin NeoplasmsCutaneous Squamous Cell CarcinomaHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansImmunocompromised HostImmunoediting, CancerMutationT-LymphocytesTumor EscapeAntigens, NeoplasmHistocompatibility Antigens Class Iimmune evasionimmunologic surveillanceimmunotherapyneoantigensneoplasm antigensskin cancersquamous cell carcinomaT cell exhaustiontumor escapetumor microenvironment

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PMID42276071
PMCPMC13428410

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