
OLD Category: signatures
April 24, 2023 / J Immunother Cancer
High tumor mutational burden predicts favorable response to anti-PD-(L)1 therapy in patients with solid tumor: a real-world pan-tumor analysis
Background: Tumor mutation burden (TMB) is an important biomarker to predict response to anti-PD-L1 treatment across cancer types. TruSight Oncology 500 (TSO500) is currently used globally as a routine assay…
April 20, 2023 / Res Pract Thromb Haemost
Spatial transcriptomics of murine bone marrow megakaryocytes at single cell resolution
Background: While megakaryocytes are known for making platelets, recent single cell RNA sequencing data have revealed subpopulations of megakaryocytes with predicted immunoregulatory and bone marrow niche-supporting roles. Although these studies…
April 19, 2023 / Cancer Immunol Res
mWTX-330, an IL 12 INDUKINE Molecule, Activates and Reshapes Tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T and NK Cells to Generate Antitumor Immunity
IL-12 is a pleotropic inflammatory cytokine that has broad stimulatory effects on various immune cell populations, making it an attractive target for cancer immunotherapy. However, despite generating robust antitumor activity…
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 18, 2023 / Mol Cancer Ther
Activating an Adaptive Immune Response with a Telomerase-mediated Telomere Targeting Therapeutic in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
A select group of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) patients benefit from surgical, radiological, and systemic therapies that include a combination of anti-angiogenic and immune-checkpoint inhibitors. However, since HCC is generally asymptomatic…
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 13, 2023 / J Neurotrauma
Fixed time point analysis reveals repetitive mild traumatic brain injury effects on resting state fMRI connectivity and neuro-spatial protein profiles
Repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries (rmTBI) are serious trauma events responsible for the development of numerous neurodegenerative disorders. A major challenge in developing diagnostics and treatments for the consequences of…
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 11, 2023 / J Microbiol Immunol Infect
Nodal reactive proliferation of monocytoid B-cells may represent atypical memory B-cells
Background: Reactive lymphadenopathies such as toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus lymphadenitis are associated with monocytoid cell proliferation. Monocytoid cells are B-lymphocytes with an undetermined subset. Methods: Using digital spatial profiling whole transcriptome…
April 10, 2023 / mBio
Role of MXRA8 in Ross River Virus Disease Pathogenesis
Arthritogenic alphaviruses such as Ross River virus (RRV) and Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) are responsible for large-scale epidemics that cause debilitating acute and chronic musculoskeletal diseases. MXRA8 was recently discovered as…