2024
Adverse cardiovascular events and cardiac imaging findings in patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors
Kwan J, Shen M, Akhlaghi N, Hu J, Mora R, Cross J, Jiang M, Mankbadi M, Wang P, Zaman S, Lee S, Im Y, Feher A, Liu Y, S. S, Tao W, Wei W, Baldassarre L. Adverse cardiovascular events and cardiac imaging findings in patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0314555. PMID: 39621799, PMCID: PMC11611253, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse cardiovascular eventsICI therapyCardiac magnetic resonanceIncreased risk of mortalityICI initiationIncreased riskRisk of mortalityCentral nervous systemVentricular dysfunctionCancer patients treated with ICIsCardiovascular eventsLeft ventricular late gadolinium enhancementMortality benefitCardiovascular riskAbnormal left ventricular ejection fractionPatients treated with ICIsLeft ventricular ejection fractionCentral nervous system malignanciesRisk of adverse cardiovascular eventsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsRight ventricular dysfunctionGlobal longitudinal strainVentricular ejection fractionLeft ventricular dysfunctionMultimodality cardiac imaging
2019
Closed system RT-qPCR as a potential companion diagnostic test for immunotherapy outcome in metastatic melanoma
Gupta S, McCann L, Chan YGY, Lai EW, Wei W, Wong PF, Smithy JW, Weidler J, Rhees B, Bates M, Kluger HM, Rimm DL. Closed system RT-qPCR as a potential companion diagnostic test for immunotherapy outcome in metastatic melanoma. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2019, 7: 254. PMID: 31533832, PMCID: PMC6751819, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-019-0731-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCD8 AntigensFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGene Expression ProfilingHumansInterferon Regulatory Factor-1MaleMelanomaMiddle AgedMonitoring, ImmunologicPrognosisProgrammed Cell Death 1 Ligand 2 ProteinProgression-Free SurvivalReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRetrospective StudiesReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSkin NeoplasmsConceptsCompanion diagnostic testsImmunotherapy outcomesMelanoma patientsClinical benefitAnti-PD-1 therapyImmune checkpoint inhibitor therapyMRNA expressionQuantitative immunofluorescenceDiagnostic testsCheckpoint inhibitor therapyReal-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reactionMetastatic melanoma patientsQuantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reactionReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionTranscription-polymerase chain reactionYale Pathology archivesParaffin-embedded tissue sectionsAdjuvant settingICI therapyOS associationInhibitor therapyBaseline variablesMetastatic melanomaPredictive biomarkersPolymerase chain reaction