Progressive immune dysfunction with advancing disease stage in renal cell carcinoma
Braun DA, Street K, Burke KP, Cookmeyer DL, Denize T, Pedersen CB, Gohil SH, Schindler N, Pomerance L, Hirsch L, Bakouny Z, Hou Y, Forman J, Huang T, Li S, Cui A, Keskin DB, Steinharter J, Bouchard G, Sun M, Pimenta EM, Xu W, Mahoney KM, McGregor BA, Hirsch MS, Chang SL, Livak KJ, McDermott DF, Shukla SA, Olsen LR, Signoretti S, Sharpe AH, Irizarry RA, Choueiri TK, Wu CJ. Progressive immune dysfunction with advancing disease stage in renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Cell 2021, 39: 632-648.e8. PMID: 33711273, PMCID: PMC8138872, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2021.02.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClear cell renal cell carcinomaM2-like macrophagesRenal cell carcinomaAdvanced diseaseExhausted CD8Cell carcinomaDisease stageAdvanced/metastaticImmune inhibitory pathwaysProgressive immune dysfunctionCell renal cell carcinomaAdjacent non-tumor tissuesTumor immune microenvironmentPro-inflammatory macrophagesM2-like polarizationNon-tumor tissuesMetastatic diseaseImmune dysfunctionWorse prognosisImmune microenvironmentImmune cellsCell dysfunctionExternal cohortInhibitory pathwaysMyeloid compartmentBeyond conventional immune-checkpoint inhibition — novel immunotherapies for renal cell carcinoma
Braun DA, Bakouny Z, Hirsch L, Flippot R, Van Allen EM, Wu CJ, Choueiri TK. Beyond conventional immune-checkpoint inhibition — novel immunotherapies for renal cell carcinoma. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2021, 18: 199-214. PMID: 33437048, PMCID: PMC8317018, DOI: 10.1038/s41571-020-00455-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsCell carcinomaAdvanced stage renal cell carcinomaContext of RCCNovel immune-based therapiesAntigen-directed therapiesImmunotherapy-based combinationsSuccess of antibodiesAntitumour immune responseDurable clinical benefitImmune-based therapiesT cell infiltrationCancer-immunity cycleImmune-based treatmentsTreatment of patientsMost renal cell carcinomasTumor CD8Most patientsImmune checkpointsPD-1Innovative immunotherapiesTherapeutic vaccinesWorse prognosisClinical benefit