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
2018
Tumor-specific MHC-II expression drives a unique pattern of resistance to immunotherapy via LAG-3/FCRL6 engagement
Johnson DB, Nixon MJ, Wang Y, Wang DY, Castellanos E, Estrada MV, Ericsson-Gonzalez PI, Cote CH, Salgado R, Sanchez V, Dean PT, Opalenik SR, Schreeder DM, Rimm DL, Kim JY, Bordeaux J, Loi S, Horn L, Sanders ME, Ferrell PB, Xu Y, Sosman JA, Davis RS, Balko JM. Tumor-specific MHC-II expression drives a unique pattern of resistance to immunotherapy via LAG-3/FCRL6 engagement. JCI Insight 2018, 3: e120360. PMID: 30568030, PMCID: PMC6338319, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.120360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntigens, CDBreast NeoplasmsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHLA-DR AntigensHumansImmunotherapyKiller Cells, NaturalLigandsLymphocyte Activation Gene 3 ProteinMiceProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Cell SurfaceT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentConceptsMHC-II expressionT cellsAnti-PD-1 therapyTumor cellsPD-1 pathwayTumor-intrinsic factorsPD-1-targeted immunotherapiesMHC-II receptorsDurable responsesPD-1Immune activationImmunotherapy targetPreclinical modelsLAG-3TumorsUnique patternMHCEnhanced expressionInhibitory functionAdaptive resistanceNovel inhibitory functionImmunotherapyPatientsContext-dependent mechanismsCells