Role of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and spatial immune heterogeneity in sensitivity to PD-1 axis blockers in non-small cell lung cancer
de Rodas M, Nagineni V, Ravi A, Datar IJ, Mino-Kenudson M, Corredor G, Barrera C, Behlman L, Rimm DL, Herbst RS, Madabhushi A, Riess JW, Velcheti V, Hellmann MD, Gainor J, Schalper KA. Role of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and spatial immune heterogeneity in sensitivity to PD-1 axis blockers in non-small cell lung cancer. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2022, 10: e004440. PMID: 35649657, PMCID: PMC9161072, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2021-004440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerImmune checkpoint inhibitorsT-cell immunoglobulin mucin-3Cell lung cancerCytotoxic T cellsT cellsImmune heterogeneityLung cancerT cell exhaustion marker expressionPD-L1 positive patientsT cell exhaustion markersAdaptive antitumor immune responsesCell death protein 1Baseline tumor samplesExhaustion marker expressionIndependent NSCLC cohortsTumor immune heterogeneityT-cell densityAntitumor immune responseT cell infiltrationDeath protein 1Multi-institutional cohortActivation gene-3Helper T cellsRole of tumor