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{"title":"Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms associate with the efficacy and toxicity of radioiodine-131 therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.","authors":"Yuanhong Deng, Ying Fu, Ganghua Feng, Yi Zhang","doi":"10.3233/CBM-230566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/CBM-230566","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Radioiodine-131 (I-131) therapy is the common postoperative adjuvant therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) However, methods to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of I-131 on DTC are still lacking.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the association between vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and the efficacy and toxicity of I-131 in DTC patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 256 DTC patients who received I-131 therapy were enrolled. The patients were divided into effective group and ineffective group. 4 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs7975232, rs731236, rs1544410 and rs10735810) of VDR were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) Cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and flow cytometry were used to detect the proliferation and apoptosis of thyroid cancer cells.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients in effective group had more CC genotype of rs7975232 and GG genotype of rs10735810 compared with patients in ineffective group They were also independent factors for influencing the efficacy of I-131. PTC-1 and FTC-133 cells transfected with CC genotype of rs7975232 showed lower proliferative activity and higher apoptosis rate after being treated with I-131 In addition, patients with CC genotype at rs7975232 had fewer adverse reactions after I-131 treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>VDR gene polymorphisms may be associated with the efficacy and toxicity of I-131 in DTC patients, which will help to personalize the treatment for patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":56320,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Biomarkers","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142302026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prognostic impact of invariant natural killer T cells in solid and hematological tumors; systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Renad M Alhamawi, Noof Aloufi, Abeer F Alamri, Fatima A Altubayli, Raghad T Alsairi, Reem A Alhamad, Shouq M Alharbi, Zainab A Ankhli, Hamza M A Eid, Yahya A Almutawif","doi":"10.3233/CBM-240069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/CBM-240069","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are an immune subset that purportedly link the adaptive and the innate arms of the immune system. Importantly, iNKT cells contribute to anti-cancer immunity in different types of hematological and solid malignancies by secreting pro-inflammatory cytokines. Therefore, using such cells in treating different type of tumors would be an ideal candidate for cancer immunotherapy.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the prognostic effect of iNKT cells across different types of solid and hematological tumors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In systematic review and meta-analysis, articles assessed the prognostic effect of iNKT cells were systemically searched using the scientific databases including Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, PubMed, Cochrane Central, and Scopus.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Strikingly, the analysis showed the positive impact of intratumoral or circulating iNKT cells on the survival rate in patients with all studied tumors with overall effect of a pooled hazard ratio of 0.89 (95% CI 0.81 to 0.98; p= 0.01). A highly statistical heterogeneity was noted between studied tumor with I2 = 87%; p= 0.00001.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Taken together, this study would present a new insight into the impact of iNKT cells correlate with caner patients' survival rate and how such cells would be used as a therapeutic target in these patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":56320,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Biomarkers","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142302025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mechanism study of serum extracellular nano-vesicles miR-412-3p targeting regulation of TEAD1 in promoting malignant biological behavior of sub-centimeter lung nodules.","authors":"Yuxia Deng,Nishant Patel,Shuang Ding,Haijun Zhang","doi":"10.3233/cbm-240137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/cbm-240137","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVETo investigate the impact and potential mechanisms of serum extracellular nano-vesicles (sEVs) miR-412-3p released from sub-centimeter lung nodules with a diameter of ⩽ 10 mm on the malignant biological function of micro-nodular lung cancer (mnLC).METHODSA total of 87 participants were included and divided into a mnLC group (n= 30), a benign lung nodule (BLN) group (n= 27), and a healthy people control group (n= 30). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) and Western blot (WB) were used to measure the morphological characteristics and surface markers of sEVs. In vitro analysis, real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), CCK-8 cell proliferation assay, clone formation assay, Transwell, stem cell sphere-forming assay, and WB assay were conducted to verify the effect of miR-412-3p/TEAD1 signaling axis on the biological function of lung cancer cells through, respectively. Further validation was conducted using the serum sEVs of the participants.RESULTSThe expression level of sEVs-miR-412-3p in the mnLC group was significantly higher than that in the BLN and healthy groups (P< 0.01). In lung cancer cell lines, miR-412-3p can negatively regulate the targeted gene TEAD1. The miR-412-3p/TEAD1 signaling axis is involved in promoting the EMT signaling pathway and regulating the malignant biological functions of lung cancer cell proliferation, migration, and stemness (P< 0.05). In addition, sEVs in the mnLC group significantly promoted lung cancer cell proliferation, migration, and stemness compared to the BLN and healthy groups, inhibited the expression of E-cadherin and TEAD1 in lung cancer cells, and promoted the expression of N-cadherin and Vimentin (P< 0.05).CONCLUSIONsEVs-miR-412-3p could promote the biological process of EMT, and lead to the occurrence of malignant biological behavior in sub-centimeter lung nodules. This provides evidence for the miR-412-3p/TEAD1 signaling axis as a potential therapeutic target for mnLC.","PeriodicalId":56320,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Biomarkers","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a biomarker of response to therapy in advanced Hepatocellular carcinoma treated with Nivolumab.","authors":"Yehia I Mohamed,Sunyoung S Lee,Tarik Demir,Shadi Chamseddine,Zishuo Ian Hu,Lianchun Xiao,Khaled Elsayes,Jeffrey S Morris,Robert A Wolff,Rikita Hiatia,Aliya Qayyum,Asif Rashid,Dan G Duda,James C Yao,Michael LaPelusa,Eugene J Koay,Armeen Mahvash,Ahmed Al Azzam,Ecaterina E Dumbrava,Manal Hassan,Hesham M Amin,Ahmed Omar Kaseb","doi":"10.3233/cbm-230431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/cbm-230431","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDCirculating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is a promising non-invasive marker for detection, diagnosis, treatment selection, and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).OBJECTIVEThis study aimed to examine the utility of ctDNA as a prognostic and predictive tool in HCC patients treated with nivolumab.METHODSWe analyzed pre-treatment ctDNA from 44 HCC patients using comprehensive genomic testing on a commercially available platform. We utilized log rank test and univariate Cox models to correlate overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) with ctDNA expressions.RESULTSOf 44 patients, 77.3% were men with median age of 67 years. All but 3 patients had at least one alteration identified, and TP53 was the most commonly altered gene (52.3%). Median OS was 17.5 months (95% CI: 12.7, NA). Mutations involving PIK3CA, BRCA1, and CCND1 amplification were associated with shorter OS (P 0.0001, 0.0001 and 0.01, respectively). Median PFS time was 4.01 months (95% CI: 3.06, 9.33). Mutations involving KIT and PIK3CA were associated with shorter PFS (P 0.0001 and 0.0004, respectively), while mutation involving CTNNB1 were associated with longer PFS (p= 0.04).CONCLUSIONSctDNA profiling may provide a benefit for prediction of survival and progression of HCC patients treated with nivolumab. Future studies are needed for confirmation.","PeriodicalId":56320,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Biomarkers","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Machine learning identifies a 5-serum cytokine panel for the early detection of chronic atrophy gastritis patients.","authors":"Fangmei An,Yan Ge,Wei Ye,Lin Ji,Ke Chen,Yunfei Wang,Xiaoxue Zhang,Shengrong Dong,Yao Shen,Jiamin Zhao,Xiaojuan Gao,Simon Junankar,Robin Barry Chan,Dimitris Christodoulou,Wen Wen,Peihua Lu,Qiang Zhan","doi":"10.3233/cbm-240023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/cbm-240023","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDChronic atrophy gastritis (CAG) is a high-risk pre-cancerous lesion for gastric cancer (GC). The early and accurate detection and discrimination of CAG from benign forms of gastritis (e.g. chronic superficial gastritis, CSG) is critical for optimal management of GC. However, accurate non-invasive methods for the diagnosis of CAG are currently lacking. Cytokines cause inflammation and drive cancer transformation in GC, but their utility as a diagnostic for CAG is poorly characterized.METHODSBlood samples were collected, and 40 cytokines were quantified using a multiplexed immunoassay from 247 patients undergoing screening via endoscopy. Patients were divided into discovery and validation sets. Each cytokine importance was ranked using the feature selection algorithm Boruta. The cytokines with the highest feature importance were selected for machine learning (ML), using the LightGBM algorithm.RESULTSFive serum cytokines (IL-10, TNF-α, Eotaxin, IP-10 and SDF-1a) that could discriminate between CAG and CSG patients were identified and used for predictive model construction. This model was robust and could identify CAG patients with high performance (AUC = 0.88, Accuracy = 0.78). This compared favorably to the conventional approach using the PGI/PGII ratio (AUC = 0.59).CONCLUSIONUsing state-of-the-art ML and a blood-based immunoassay, we developed an improved non-invasive screening method for the detection of precancerous GC lesions.FUNDINGSupported in part by grants from: Jiangsu Science and Technology Project (no. BK20211039); Top Talent Support Program for young and middle-aged people of Wuxi Health Committee (BJ2023008); Medical Key Discipline Program of Wuxi Health Commission (ZDXK2021010), Wuxi Science and Technology Bureau Project (no. N20201004); Scientific Research Program of Wuxi Health Commission (Z202208, J202104).","PeriodicalId":56320,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Biomarkers","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"RANK in cancer-associated fibroblasts: A valuable prognostic determinant for metastasis in early-stage breast cancer patients.","authors":"María Belén Giorello, Francisco Raúl Borzone, María Florencia Mora, María Del Rosario Padin, Alejandra Wernicke, Vivian Labovsky, Norma Alejandra Chasseing","doi":"10.3233/CBM-230523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/CBM-230523","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The molecular system of receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-β (RANK) and its ligand (RANKL) plays a role in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. These encompass the regulation of bone metabolism, mammary gland development, immune function, as well as their involvement and tumorigenesis. Nevertheless, limited knowledge exists regarding their function within the tumor microenvironment.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>We explored the significance of RANK expression in cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) as a prognostic biomarker in early breast cancer patients (BCPs) by immunohistochemistry. Results reveal a significant correlation between high RANK expression in CAFs and an increased risk of metastasis (p= 0.006), shorter metastasis-free survival (MFS) [p= 0.007, OR (95%CI) = 2.290 (1.259-4.156)], and lower overall survival (OS) [p= 0.004, OR (95%CI) = 2.469 (1.343-4.541)]. Upon analyzing the phenotype of CD34(-) CAFs isolated from primary tumors in BCPs, we observed co-expression of RANK with CD105 marker by immunofluorescence and flow cytometry, characteristic of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs), suggesting the possible cellular origin. Also RANKL-RANK system increase the OCT-4, SOX-2 and DKK-1 (dickkopf 1) gene expression in CD34(-) CAFs by RT-PCR. Moreover, this system plays a crucial role in the migration of these CD34(-) CAFs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results support the clinical relevance of RANK in CAFs and propose its potential as a future therapeutic target in the treatment of early BCPs.</p>","PeriodicalId":56320,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Biomarkers","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142141869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A computed tomography-based score indicative of lung cancer aggression (SILA) predicts lung adenocarcinomas with low malignant potential or vascular invasion.","authors":"Dylan Steiner, Ju Ae Park, Sarah Singh, Austin Potter, Jonathan Scalera, Jennifer Beane, Kei Suzuki, Marc E Lenburg, Eric J Burks","doi":"10.3233/CBM-230456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/CBM-230456","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Histologic grading of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is predictive of outcome but is only possible after surgical resection. A radiomic biomarker predictive of grade has the potential to improve preoperative management of early-stage LUAD.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Validate a prognostic radiomic score indicative of lung cancer aggression (SILA) in surgically resected stage I LUAD (n= 161) histologically graded as indolent low malignant potential (LMP), intermediate, or aggressive vascular invasive (VI) subtypes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The SILA scores were generated from preoperative CT-scans using the previously validated Computer-Aided Nodule Assessment and Risk Yield (CANARY) software.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Cox proportional regression showed significant association between the SILA and 7-year recurrence-free survival (RFS) in a univariate (p< 0.05) and multivariate (p< 0.05) model incorporating age, gender, smoking status, pack years, and extent of resection. The SILA was positively correlated with invasive size (spearman r= 0.54, p= 8.0 × 10 - 14) and negatively correlated with percentage of lepidic histology (spearman r=-0.46, p= 7.1 × 10 - 10). The SILA predicted indolent LMP with an area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) of 0.74 and aggressive VI with an AUC of 0.71, the latter remaining significant when invasive size was included as a covariate in a logistic regression model (p< 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The SILA scoring of preoperative CT scans was prognostic and predictive of resected pathologic grade.</p>","PeriodicalId":56320,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Biomarkers","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141762971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"LDCT image biomarkers that matter most for the deep learning classification of indeterminate pulmonary nodules.","authors":"Axel H Masquelin, Nick Cheney, Raúl San José Estépar, Jason H T Bates, C Matthew Kinsey","doi":"10.3233/CBM-230444","DOIUrl":"10.3233/CBM-230444","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Continued improvement in deep learning methodologies has increased the rate at which deep neural networks are being evaluated for medical applications, including diagnosis of lung cancer. However, there has been limited exploration of the underlying radiological characteristics that the network relies on to identify lung cancer in computed tomography (CT) images.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>In this study, we used a combination of image masking and saliency activation maps to systematically explore the contributions of both parenchymal and tumor regions in a CT image to the classification of indeterminate lung nodules.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We selected individuals from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) with solid pulmonary nodules 4-20 mm in diameter. Segmentation masks were used to generate three distinct datasets; 1) an Original Dataset containing the complete low-dose CT scans from the NLST, 2) a Parenchyma-Only Dataset in which the tumor regions were covered by a mask, and 3) a Tumor-Only Dataset in which only the tumor regions were included.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Original Dataset significantly outperformed the Parenchyma-Only Dataset and the Tumor-Only Dataset with an AUC of 80.80 ± 3.77% compared to 76.39 ± 3.16% and 78.11 ± 4.32%, respectively. Gradient-weighted class activation mapping (Grad-CAM) of the Original Dataset showed increased attention was being given to the nodule and the tumor-parenchyma boundary when nodules were classified as malignant. This pattern of attention remained unchanged in the case of the Parenchyma-Only Dataset. Nodule size and first-order statistical features of the nodules were significantly different with the average malignant and benign nodule maximum 3d diameter being 23 mm and 12 mm, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We conclude that network performance is linked to textural features of nodules such as kurtosis, entropy and intensity, as well as morphological features such as sphericity and diameter. Furthermore, textural features are more positively associated with malignancy than morphological features.</p>","PeriodicalId":56320,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Biomarkers","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141289004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pulmonary adenocarcinoma of low malignant potential defines indolent NSCLC associated with overdiagnosis in the national lung screening trial.","authors":"Eric J Burks, Travis B Sullivan, Kimberly M Rieger-Christ","doi":"10.3233/CBM-230452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/CBM-230452","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The national lung screening trial (NLST) demonstrated a reduction in lung cancer mortality with lowdose CT (LDCT) compared to chest x-ray (CXR) screening. Overdiagnosis was high (79%) among bronchoalveolar carcinoma (BAC) currently replaced by adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS), minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA) and adenocarcinoma of low malignant potential (LMP) exhibiting 100% disease specific survival (DSS).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Compare the outcomes and proportions of BAC, AIS, MIA, and LMP among NLST screendetected stage IA NSCLC with overdiagnosis rate.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Whole slide images were reviewed by a thoracic pathologist from 174 of 409 NLST screen-detected stage IA LUAD. Overdiagnosis rates were calculated from follow-up cancer incidence rates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most BAC were reclassified as AIS/MIA/LMP (20/35 = 57%). The 7-year DSS was 100% for AIS/MIA/LMP and 94% for BAC. Excluding AIS/MIA/LMP, BAC behaved similarly to NSCLC (7-year DSS: 86% vs. 83%, p= 0.85) The overdiagnosis rate of LDCT stage IA NSCLC was 16.6% at 11.3-years, matching the proportion of AIS/MIA/LMP (16.2%) but not AIS/MIA (3.5%) or BAC (22.8%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>AIS/MIA/LMP proportionally matches the overdiagnosis rate among stage IA NSCLC in the NLST, exhibiting 100% 7-year DSS. Biomarkers designed to recognize AIS/MIA/LMP preoperatively, would be useful to prevent overtreatment of indolent screen-detected cancers.</p>","PeriodicalId":56320,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Biomarkers","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141762972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Peripheral blood biomarkers associated with combination of immune checkpoint blockade plus chemotherapy in NSCLC.","authors":"Nozomu Kimura, Yoko Tsukita, Risa Ebina-Shibuya, Eisaku Miyauchi, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Daisuke Narita, Ryota Saito, Chihiro Inoue, Naoya Fujino, Tomohiro Ichikawa, Tsutomu Tamada, Hisatoshi Sugiura","doi":"10.3233/CBM-230301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/CBM-230301","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Biomarkers predicting clinical outcomes of treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and chemotherapy would be valuable.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to seek predictors of combination of ICI/chemotherapy response in NSCLC patients using peripheral blood samples.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients diagnosed with advanced NSCLC between July 2019 and May 2021 receiving combination of ICI/chemotherapy were included and assessed for partial responses (PR), stable disease (SD) or progressive disease (PD). We measured circulating immune cells, plasma cytokines and chemokines.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nineteen patients were enrolled. The proportions of circulating natural killer (NK) cells within CD45 + cells, programmed death 1 (PD-1) + Tim-3 + T cells within CD4 + cells, and the amount of chemokine C-X-C ligand (CXCL10) in the plasma were significantly elevated in PR relative to SD/PD patients (median 8.1%-vs-2.1%, P= 0.0032; median 1.2%-vs-0.3%, P= 0.0050; and median 122.6 pg/ml-vs-76.0 pg/ml, P= 0.0125, respectively). Patients with 2 or 3 elevated factors had longer progression-free survival than patients with 0 or only one (not reached-vs-5.6 months, P= 0.0002).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We conclude that NK cells, CD4 + PD-1 + Tim-3 + T cells, and CXCL10 levels in pre-treatment peripheral blood may predict the efficacy of combination of ICI/chemotherapy in NSCLC.</p>","PeriodicalId":56320,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Biomarkers","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140863626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}