
OLD Category: Oncology
April 18, 2023 / Nat Commun
Distinct spatial immune microlandscapes are independently associated with outcomes in triple-negative breast cancer
The utility of spatial immunobiomarker quantitation in prognostication and therapeutic prediction is actively being investigated in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Here, with high-plex quantitative digital spatial profiling, we map and…
April 17, 2023 / Int J Biol Sci
Exploration of spatial heterogeneity of tumor microenvironment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma via transcriptional digital spatial profiling
The heterogeneity of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) leads to mixed clinical outcomes. We collected 92 regions of interest from 41 biopsies of patients with untreated NPC and obtained their transcripts using…
April 15, 2023 / Acta Neuropathol Commun
Tumor lineage-specific immune response in brain metastatic disease: opportunities for targeted immunotherapy regimen?
Metastases in the brain are the most severe and devastating complication of cancer. The incidence of brain metastasis is increasing. Therefore, the need of finding specific druggable targets for brain…
April 14, 2023 / Cancer Res
Spatially Resolved Transcriptomics Deconvolutes Prognostic Histological Subgroups in Patients with Colorectal Cancer and Synchronous Liver Metastases
Strong immune responses in primary colorectal cancer correspond with better patient survival following surgery compared with tumors with predominantly stromal microenvironments. However, biomarkers to identify patients with colorectal cancer liver…
April 11, 2023 / Cancer Res Commun
Digital Spatial Profiling Links Beta-2-microglobulin Expression with Immune Checkpoint Blockade Outcomes in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Programmed cell death protein‐1 (PD-1)-targeted immunotherapy is approved for recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC) treatment. Although its efficacy correlates with PD-L1 expression, response is…
April 6, 2023 / Cancer Discov
Analysis of Donor Pancreata Defines the Transcriptomic Signature and Microenvironment of Early Neoplastic Lesions
Comprehensive characterization of the healthy adult human pancreas reveals frequent neoplastic lesions with a unique microenvironment and early activation of neoplastic pathways.
April 5, 2023 / Cancers
Exploring Spatial Heterogeneity of Immune Cells in Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is a malignant tumor. In a recent publication, we described the presence and distribution of CD8+ T cells in NPC and used the information to identify ‘inflamed’,…
April 3, 2023 / Front Immunol
Compartmentalized spatial profiling of the tumor microenvironment in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma identifies immune checkpoint molecules and tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily members as biomarkers of response to immunotherapy
Mucosal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) are the seventh most common cancer, with approximately 50% of patients living beyond 5 years. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown promising…
April 3, 2023 / Nat Med
Neoadjuvant enoblituzumab in localized prostate cancer: a single-arm, phase 2 trial
B7 homolog 3 (B7-H3; CD276), a tumor-associated antigen and possible immune checkpoint, is highly expressed in prostate cancer (PCa) and is associated with early recurrence and metastasis. Enoblituzumab is a…
March 15, 2023 / Sci Adv
Digital spatial profiling of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms: Toward a molecular framework for risk stratification
The histopathologic heterogeneity of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) complicates the prediction of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) risk. Intratumoral regions of pancreaticobiliary (PB), intestinal (INT), and gastric foveolar (GF) epithelium…
March 14, 2023 / Cell Rep
Single-cell heterogeneity of EGFR and CDK4 co-amplification is linked to immune infiltration in glioblastoma
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive brain tumor, with a median survival of ∼15 months. Targeted approaches have not been successful in this tumor type due to the large extent of…
March 10, 2023 / Cancers
Differential Spatial Gene and Protein Expression Associated with Recurrence Following Chemoradiation for Localized Anal Squamous Cell Cancer
The identification of transcriptomic and protein biomarkers prognosticating recurrence risk after chemoradiation of localized squamous cell carcinoma of the anus (SCCA) has been limited by a lack of available fresh…