2024
Association of CD8 T cell infiltration in the tumor microenvironment with survival outcomes in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
Goswamy R, Yildirim A, Wei M, Liu Y, Choi Y, Brown J, Nazha B, Master V, Martini D, Carthon B, Harris W, Kucuk O, Kissick H, Hartman C, McClintock G, Vo B, Jansen C, Zhuang T, Bilen M. Association of CD8 T cell infiltration in the tumor microenvironment with survival outcomes in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: e16527-e16527. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.e16527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCD8 T cell infiltrationMetastatic renal cell carcinomaProgression-free survivalT cell infiltrationCD8 T cellsCheckpoint inhibitorsOverall survivalTyrosine kinase inhibitorsT cellsSystemic therapyTumor microenvironmentMetastatic renal cell carcinoma patientsAssociated with favorable clinical outcomesProgression-free survival outcomesRetrospective analysis of patientsCombination checkpoint inhibitorsIntratumoral T cellsProgression free survivalImproved overall survivalFavorable clinical outcomesWinship Cancer InstituteKaplan Meier analysisAnalysis of patientsRenal cell carcinomaCox proportional hazards models
2022
Clinical outcome following checkpoint therapy in renal cell carcinoma is associated with a burst of activated CD8 T cells in blood
Carlisle J, Jansen C, Cardenas M, Sobierajska E, Reyes A, Greenwald R, Del Balzo L, Prokhnevska N, Kucuk O, Carthon B, Mullane P, Osunkoya A, Baumgarten D, Hosseinzadeh F, Wilkinson S, Lake R, Sowalsky A, Liu Y, Master V, Bilen M, Kissick H. Clinical outcome following checkpoint therapy in renal cell carcinoma is associated with a burst of activated CD8 T cells in blood. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2022, 10: e004803. PMID: 35863822, PMCID: PMC9310235, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2022-004803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaCD8 T cellsCheckpoint therapyT cellsHLA-DRCell carcinomaClinical benefitActivation markers HLA-DRAdvanced renal cell carcinomaPre-existing immune responsesImmune responsePredictor of clinical benefitPeripheral T cell activationPeripheral blood of patientsFlow cytometryT-cell receptor (TCR) sequencingIntratumoral T cellsAntitumor immune responseMarkers HLA-DRAbundant T cellsProportion of CD4Cornerstone of treatmentT cell activationBlood of patientsPredicting therapeutic response