Prognostic Impact of Tumor Cell Programmed Death Ligand 1 Expression and Immune Cell Infiltration in NSCLC
Edlund K, Madjar K, Mattsson J, Djureinovic D, Lindskog C, Brunnström H, Koyi H, Brandén E, Jirström K, Pontén F, Rahnenführer J, Micke P, Hengstler J. Prognostic Impact of Tumor Cell Programmed Death Ligand 1 Expression and Immune Cell Infiltration in NSCLC. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2019, 14: 628-640. PMID: 30639618, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.12.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-L1 positivityOverall survivalLymphocyte infiltrationSmoking historyPD-L1Prognostic associationPlasma cellsProgrammed Death Ligand 1 ExpressionTumor PD-L1 positivityDeath ligand 1 (PD-L1) expressionAssociation of lymphocytePositive immune cellsLigand 1 expressionPD-L1 axisPD-L1 statusMultivariate Cox regressionDeath ligand 1Longer overall survivalForkhead box P3Immune cell infiltrationShorter overall survivalPatients' smoking historyKaplan-Meier plotsCheckpoint inhibitorsNSCLC patients