TIGIT expression in renal cell carcinoma infiltrating T cells is variable and inversely correlated with PD-1 and LAG3
Perales O, Jilaveanu L, Adeniran A, Su D, Hurwitz M, Braun D, Kluger H, Schoenfeld D. TIGIT expression in renal cell carcinoma infiltrating T cells is variable and inversely correlated with PD-1 and LAG3. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy 2024, 73: 192. PMID: 39105820, PMCID: PMC11303630, DOI: 10.1007/s00262-024-03773-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaRenal cell carcinoma tumorsT cellsTIGIT expressionCheckpoint inhibitorsPD-1Likelihood of response to therapyTumor-infiltrating T cellsCD3+ T cellsRenal cell carcinoma metastasisTreatment of renal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsInfiltrating T cellsPurposeImmune checkpoint inhibitorsResponse to therapyT cell immunoglobulinCD3+ levelsMetastatic RCC specimensAdjacent normal renal tissuesNormal renal tissuesQuantitative immunofluorescence analysisCell carcinomaResistant diseasePotential therapeutic targetTissue microarrayEpigenomic signatures of sarcomatoid differentiation to guide the treatment of renal cell carcinoma
El Zarif T, Semaan K, Eid M, Seo J, Garinet S, Davidsohn M, Sahgal P, Fortunato B, Canniff J, Nassar A, Abou Alaiwi S, Bakouny Z, Lakshminarayanan G, Savignano H, Lyons K, Matar S, Ali A, Saad E, Saliby R, Cordeiro P, Zhang Z, El Ahmar N, Laimon Y, Labaki C, Shah V, Freeman D, O'Toole J, Lee G, Hwang J, Pomerantz M, Signoretti S, Van Allen E, Xie W, Berchuck J, Viswanathan S, Braun D, Choueiri T, Freedman M, Baca S. Epigenomic signatures of sarcomatoid differentiation to guide the treatment of renal cell carcinoma. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 114350. PMID: 38870013, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114350.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune checkpoint inhibitorsRenal cell carcinomaSarcomatoid differentiationCell carcinomaResponse to immune checkpoint inhibitorsGene regulatory programsAssociated with poor survivalTreatment of renal cell carcinomaLow diagnostic yieldRandomized clinical trialsCheckpoint inhibitorsTumor histologyEpigenomic signaturesTranscription factor FOSL1Healthy volunteersPatient plasmaPoor survivalLiquid biopsyFOSL1 expressionClinical trialsProfiling histone modificationsDiagnostic approachImprove outcomesRegulatory programsPlasma samples