2023
Deep computational image analysis of immune cell niches reveals treatment-specific outcome associations in lung cancer
Barrera C, Corredor G, Viswanathan V, Ding R, Toro P, Fu P, Buzzy C, Lu C, Velu P, Zens P, Berezowska S, Belete M, Balli D, Chang H, Baxi V, Syrigos K, Rimm D, Velcheti V, Schalper K, Romero E, Madabhushi A. Deep computational image analysis of immune cell niches reveals treatment-specific outcome associations in lung cancer. Npj Precision Oncology 2023, 7: 52. PMID: 37264091, PMCID: PMC10235089, DOI: 10.1038/s41698-023-00403-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesLung cancerEffective adaptive immune responseImmune checkpoint blockersCell lung cancerLung cancer patientsTumor immune microenvironmentAdaptive immune responsesImmune-related biomarkersTreatment-specific outcomesCheckMate 057Histology variantsImmunotherapy resistanceCheckpoint blockersRegulatory cellsTumor rejectionTumor-immune interactionsClinical outcomesImmunosuppressive signalsClinical benefitInfluence prognosisImmune microenvironmentCancer patientsPatient outcomes
2021
Characterization of the tumor immune microenvironment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients who self-identify as African American (AA) or non-African American (NonAA).
Blenman K, Marczyk M, Qing T, O'Meara T, Yaghoobi V, Pelekanou V, Bai Y, Reisenbichler E, Li X, Gunasekharan V, Ibrahim E, Rimm D, Pusztai L, Cole K. Characterization of the tumor immune microenvironment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients who self-identify as African American (AA) or non-African American (NonAA). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 564-564. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerTumor immune microenvironmentAA patientsImmune microenvironmentWhole-exome sequencingAfrican AmericansTriple-negative breast cancer patientsYale Cancer CenterImmune checkpoint inhibitorsPD-L1 positivityPD-L1 expressionYear of diagnosisBreast cancer patientsCytokines/chemokinesImmune cell compositionTumor mutational burdenGermline whole-exome sequencingAge of diagnosisNegative breast cancerCorresponding clinical dataAllograft rejection pathwayNon-African AmericansSomatic mutationsFatty acid metabolismCheckpoint inhibitors
2019
Quantitative assessment of immune cell populations and associations with clinical outcomes in African-American (AA) versus Caucasian triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
O'Meara T, Yaghoobi V, Blenman K, Pelekanou V, Silber A, Rimm D, Pusztai L. Quantitative assessment of immune cell populations and associations with clinical outcomes in African-American (AA) versus Caucasian triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: e14180-e14180. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.e14180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerDisease-free survivalBetter disease-free survivalPD-L1 expressionCD68 expressionAA TNBCStromal PD-L1 expressionPD-L1 protein expressionCaucasian casesHigher TIL countsTumor immune microenvironmentImmune cell populationsHigh CD68 expressionHigh CD68Similar CD8Stromal TILsClinical characteristicsDiagnosis dateTIL countPD-L1Clinical outcomesPredictive factorsCD8 expressionClinical variablesImmune microenvironment
2017
Implications of the tumor immune microenvironment for staging and therapeutics
Taube JM, Galon J, Sholl LM, Rodig SJ, Cottrell TR, Giraldo NA, Baras AS, Patel SS, Anders RA, Rimm DL, Cimino-Mathews A. Implications of the tumor immune microenvironment for staging and therapeutics. Modern Pathology 2017, 31: 214-234. PMID: 29192647, PMCID: PMC6132263, DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2017.156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor immune microenvironmentImmune microenvironmentTumor typesTumor microenvironmentAnti-PD-1/PD-L1Therapeutic targetPD-1/PD-L1 axisFirst line treatment algorithmHost antitumor immune responseEarly stage colorectal carcinomaLocal immune contextureImmune checkpoint inhibitorsPD-L1 axisAntitumor immune responseImmune-based therapiesPD-L1 antibodiesAbundance of CD8Th1 helper cellsNovel therapeutic targetPotential therapeutic targetPrimary organ siteNew candidate biomarkersNumerous tumor typesSpecific tumor typesCurrent TNM