2024
Digital spatial proteomic profiling reveals immune checkpoints as biomarkers in lymphoid aggregates and tumor microenvironment of desmoplastic melanoma
Su D, Schoenfeld D, Ibrahim W, Cabrejo R, Djureinovic D, Baumann R, Rimm D, Khan S, Halaban R, Kluger H, Olino K, Galan A, Clune J. Digital spatial proteomic profiling reveals immune checkpoints as biomarkers in lymphoid aggregates and tumor microenvironment of desmoplastic melanoma. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2024, 12: e008646. PMID: 38519058, PMCID: PMC10961546, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-008646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCTLA-4 expression levelsCancer-associated fibroblastsAssociated with worse survivalExpression of immune checkpointsLAG-3 expressionDesmoplastic melanomaLymphoid aggregatesCTLA-4PD-1Immune checkpointsIntratumoral leukocytesLAG-3Tumor compartmentsWorse survivalCD20+B cellsIncreased expression of immune checkpointsProgrammed cell death protein 1Macrophage/monocyte markerSentinel lymph node positivityCell death protein 1Associated with poor prognosisLymph node positivityDense fibrous stromaPotential prognostic significanceCore of tumors
2016
Interlesional diversity of T cell receptors in melanoma with immune checkpoints enriched in tissue-resident memory T cells
Boddupalli CS, Bar N, Kadaveru K, Krauthammer M, Pornputtapong N, Mai Z, Ariyan S, Narayan D, Kluger H, Deng Y, Verma R, Das R, Bacchiocchi A, Halaban R, Sznol M, Dhodapkar MV, Dhodapkar KM. Interlesional diversity of T cell receptors in melanoma with immune checkpoints enriched in tissue-resident memory T cells. JCI Insight 2016, 1: e88955. PMID: 28018970, PMCID: PMC5161225, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.88955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesMemory T cellsTissue-resident memory T cellsT cell receptorImmune checkpointsT cellsIndividual metastasesSubset of TILsExpression of ICsCell receptorTumor cellsLess IL-2Blood T cellsExpression of VEGFTIL infiltrationDurable responsesAdvanced melanomaImmune therapyNeoantigen loadIL-2Immune cellsNonlymphoid tissuesSame patientMyeloid cellsMetastasis