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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarcinoma, Renal CellCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHLA-DR AntigensHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsKidney NeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellConceptsRenal 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