2023
Immune dysfunction revealed by digital spatial profiling of immuno-oncology markers in progressive stages of renal cell carcinoma and in brain metastases
Schoenfeld D, Moutafi M, Martinez S, Djureinovic D, Merkin R, Adeniran A, Braun D, Signoretti S, Choueiri T, Parisi F, Hurwitz M, Rimm D, Wei W, Jilaveanu L, Kluger H. Immune dysfunction revealed by digital spatial profiling of immuno-oncology markers in progressive stages of renal cell carcinoma and in brain metastases. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2023, 11: e007240. PMID: 37586773, PMCID: PMC10432651, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-007240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaBrain metastasesPrimary tumorTumor microenvironmentDigital spatial profilingCell carcinomaActivation protein expressionInflammatory macrophage markersRCC brain metastasesInnate immune activatorsNormal kidney samplesProgressive stagesExtracranial metastasesTim-3Immune checkpointsImmune dysfunctionImmune activationRCC metastasisLonger survivalImmune activatorsMacrophage markersTreatment responseSeparate cohortTissue microarrayMetastatic samples
2021
Infiltration of NK and plasma cells is associated with a distinct immune subset in non‐small cell lung cancer
Backman M, La Fleur L, Kurppa P, Djureinovic D, Elfving H, Brunnström H, Mattsson J, Lindberg A, Pontén V, Eltahir M, Mangsbo S, Gulyas M, Isaksson J, Jirström K, Kärre K, Leandersson K, Mezheyeuski A, Pontén F, Strell C, Lindskog C, Botling J, Micke P. Infiltration of NK and plasma cells is associated with a distinct immune subset in non‐small cell lung cancer. The Journal Of Pathology 2021, 255: 243-256. PMID: 34339045, DOI: 10.1002/path.5772.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerImmune cell infiltrationHigh immune cell infiltrationCell infiltrationNK cellsImmune classPlasma cellsLow immune cell infiltrationEra of immunotherapyCell lung cancerImmune cell markersTumor mutational loadImmune response-related genesInnate immune responseImmune cell analysisClinicopathologic characteristicsPD-L1Immune activationImmune classificationNSCLC casesImmune patternsLung cancerImmune cellsClinical backgroundImmune response