POLQ identifies a better response subset to immunotherapy in muscle‐invasive bladder cancer with high PD‐L1
Liu G, Jin K, Liu Z, Su X, Xu Z, Li B, Xu J, Chang Y, Wang Y, Zhu Y, Xu L, Xu J, Wang Z, Liu H, Zhang W. POLQ identifies a better response subset to immunotherapy in muscle‐invasive bladder cancer with high PD‐L1. Cancer Medicine 2024, 13: e6962. PMID: 38457207, PMCID: PMC10922026, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.6962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMuscle-invasive bladder cancerProgrammed cell death ligand 1Immune checkpoint blockadeTumor mutational burdenImmune microenvironmentZhongshan HospitalBladder cancerInfiltration of immune effector cellsEfficacy of immune checkpoint blockadePOLQ expressionCell death ligand 1High tumor mutational burdenChromosomal instabilityActive tumor immune microenvironmentAntitumor immune microenvironmentDeath-ligand 1Efficacy of immunotherapyPlatinum-based chemotherapyTumor immune microenvironmentSensitivity to chemotherapyImmune effector cellsProduction of neoantigensIMvigor210 cohortCheckpoint blockadePD-L1