Keratin 17 modulates the immune topography of pancreatic cancer
Delgado-Coka L, Horowitz M, Torrente-Goncalves M, Roa-Peña L, Leiton C, Hasan M, Babu S, Fassler D, Oentoro J, Bai J, Petricoin E, Matrisian L, Blais E, Marchenko N, Allard F, Jiang W, Larson B, Hendifar A, Chen C, Abousamra S, Samaras D, Kurc T, Saltz J, Escobar-Hoyos L, Shroyer K. Keratin 17 modulates the immune topography of pancreatic cancer. Journal Of Translational Medicine 2024, 22: 443. PMID: 38730319, PMCID: PMC11087249, DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-05252-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaCD8+ T cellsT cellsK17 expressionCell carcinomaPatient survivalMolecular subtypes of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaIntratumoral CD8+ T cellsSpatial distribution of T cellsKeratin 17CD8+ T cell abundanceImmune responseSubtype of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaCervical squamous cell carcinomaAssociated with decreased numbersCD16+ macrophagesTumor-intrinsic variablesDistribution of T cellsLymph node statusSquamous cell carcinomaBasal cell carcinomaCD163+ macrophagesT cell abundanceImmune cell responsesImmunotherapeutic opportunitiesKeratin 17 is a prognostic and predictive biomarker in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Delgado-Coka L, Roa-Peña L, Babu S, Horowitz M, Petricoin E, Matrisian L, Blais E, Marchenko N, Allard F, Akalin A, Jiang W, Larson B, Hendifar A, Picozzi V, Choi M, Shroyer K, Escobar-Hoyos L. Keratin 17 is a prognostic and predictive biomarker in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2024, 162: 314-326. PMID: 38642081, PMCID: PMC11369068, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaPredictive biomarkersDuctal adenocarcinomaK17 expressionKeratin 17Gemcitabine-based therapyGemcitabine-based chemotherapyBasal molecular subtypeTumor mutation statusResponse to chemotherapyPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cellsThreshold of expressionChemotherapeutic regimensAdvanced-stageClinicopathological variablesMutation statusPrognostic stratificationMolecular subtypesShorter survivalLonger survivalFormalin-fixedImmunohistochemical testsPredictive valuePatientsTherapeutic interventions