2023
Spatially aware deep learning reveals tumor heterogeneity patterns that encode distinct kidney cancer states
Nyman J, Denize T, Bakouny Z, Labaki C, Titchen B, Bi K, Hari S, Rosenthal J, Mehta N, Jiang B, Sharma B, Felt K, Umeton R, Braun D, Rodig S, Choueiri T, Signoretti S, Van Allen E. Spatially aware deep learning reveals tumor heterogeneity patterns that encode distinct kidney cancer states. Cell Reports Medicine 2023, 4: 101189. PMID: 37729872, PMCID: PMC10518628, DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitionClear cell renal cell carcinomaCell renal cell carcinomaRenal cell carcinomaTumor immune stateCcRCC biologyICI responseTumor-immune interactionsCheckpoint inhibitionCell carcinomaImmune infiltrationPatient outcomesPathologist's analysisImmune featuresCcRCC tumorsTumor phenotypeTumorsModels of tumorWhole slide images
2020
Interplay of somatic alterations and immune infiltration modulates response to PD-1 blockade in advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Braun DA, Hou Y, Bakouny Z, Ficial M, Sant’ Angelo M, Forman J, Ross-Macdonald P, Berger AC, Jegede OA, Elagina L, Steinharter J, Sun M, Wind-Rotolo M, Pignon JC, Cherniack AD, Lichtenstein L, Neuberg D, Catalano P, Freeman GJ, Sharpe AH, McDermott DF, Van Allen EM, Signoretti S, Wu CJ, Shukla SA, Choueiri TK. Interplay of somatic alterations and immune infiltration modulates response to PD-1 blockade in advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Nature Medicine 2020, 26: 909-918. PMID: 32472114, PMCID: PMC7499153, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-0839-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntigen PresentationAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalCarcinoma, Renal CellCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesChromosome DeletionChromosomes, Human, Pair 6Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesDNA-Binding ProteinsExome SequencingFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGene DeletionGenomicsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHistone DemethylasesHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHumansKidney NeoplasmsLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMiddle AgedMutationNivolumabPrognosisProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexPTEN PhosphohydrolaseSequence Analysis, RNATOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTranscription FactorsTuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 ProteinTumor Suppressor ProteinsUbiquitin ThiolesteraseVon Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor ProteinConceptsAdvanced clear cell renal cell carcinomaClear cell renal cell carcinomaPD-1 blockadeCell renal cell carcinomaRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaDegree of CD8Numerous chromosomal alterationsProspective clinical trialsSomatic alterationsInfiltrated tumorsClinical responseCell infiltrationTherapeutic responseClinical trialsTherapeutic efficacyBlockadeCcRCC tumorsTumorsPBRM1 mutationsModulates responseCD8Chromosomal alterationsImmunofluorescence analysisCarcinoma