Clinical relevance of PD-1 positive CD8 T-cells in gastric cancer
Choo J, Kua L, Soe M, Asuncion B, Tan B, Teo C, Tay R, So J, Shabbir A, Guowei K, Tan H, Chan G, Ma H, Ramachandran G, Lum J, Chee C, Sridharan S, Tan P, Sundar R, Yong W. Clinical relevance of PD-1 positive CD8 T-cells in gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer 2023, 26: 393-404. PMID: 36781556, PMCID: PMC10115710, DOI: 10.1007/s10120-023-01364-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD8 T cellsPD-1+CD8+ T cellsT cellsTumor microenvironmentPD-1Overall survivalGastric cancerMultiplex immunohistochemistryT cell-inflamed tumor microenvironmentAssociated with improved OSIncreased PD-1 expressionClinical relevanceGranzyme-B expressionInflamed tumor microenvironmentPD-1 expressionInfluence overall survivalNK cell proportionTreated with immunotherapyPhase 2 trialAssociated with chemotherapyCox proportional hazards modelsProportional hazards modelImproved OSImmunotherapy sensitivityNK cells