2022
Discovery of Biomarkers of Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Blockade in NSCLC Using High-Plex Digital Spatial Profiling
Moutafi M, Martinez-Morilla S, Divakar P, Vathiotis I, Gavrielatou N, Aung TN, Yaghoobi V, Fernandez AI, Zugazagoitia J, Herbst R, Schalper KA, Rimm DL. Discovery of Biomarkers of Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Blockade in NSCLC Using High-Plex Digital Spatial Profiling. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2022, 17: 991-1001. PMID: 35490853, PMCID: PMC9356986, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsICI resistanceDigital spatial profilingICI therapyOverall survivalPretreatment samplesQuantitative immunofluorescenceImmune checkpoint blockadeRole of neutrophilsShorter overall survivalCandidate biomarker proteinsCandidate protein biomarkersCohort validationOperable NSCLCUntreated NSCLCCheckpoint inhibitorsCheckpoint blockadeCD66b expressionAdditional patientsClinical efficacyPoor outcomeDiscovery of biomarkersUnivariate analysisNSCLCPatients
2020
Biomarkers Associated with Beneficial PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Identified Using High-Plex Digital Spatial Profiling
Zugazagoitia J, Gupta S, Liu Y, Fuhrman K, Gettinger S, Herbst RS, Schalper KA, Rimm DL. Biomarkers Associated with Beneficial PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Identified Using High-Plex Digital Spatial Profiling. Clinical Cancer Research 2020, 26: 4360-4368. PMID: 32253229, PMCID: PMC7442721, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-20-0175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerPD-1 checkpoint blockadeCell lung cancerCheckpoint blockadeLung cancerAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerUnivariate unadjusted analysisProgression-free survivalImmune cell countsMinority of patientsRobust predictive biomarkersBiomarkers of responseLarge independent cohortsSpatial profiling technologyDigital spatial profilingDigital spatial profiling (DSP) technologyOverall survivalClinical outcomesImmune predictorsHigher CD56NSCLC casesPredictive biomarkersUnadjusted analysesImmune parametersTissue microarray