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The Tumor Immune Landscape and Architecture of Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Urothelial Cancer

Nick van Dijk, Alberto Gil-Jimenez, Karīna Siliņa, Maurits L. van Montfoort, Sarah Einerhand, Lars Jonkman, Charlotte S. Voskuilen, Dennis Peters, Joyce Sanders, Yoni Lubeck, Annegien Broeks, Erik Hooijberg, Daniël J. Vis, Maries van den Broek, Lodewyk F.A. Wessels, Bas W.G. van Rhijn, Michiel S. van der Heijden

Frontiers in Immunology · 2021

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Summary

Candidate immune biomarkers have been proposed for predicting response to immunotherapy in urothelial cancer (UC). Yet, these biomarkers are imperfect and lack predictive power. A comprehensive overview of the tumor immune contexture, including Tertiary Lymphoid structures (TLS), is needed to better understand the immunotherapy response in UC. We analyzed tumor sections by quantitative multiplex immunofluorescence to characterize immune cell subsets in various tumor compartments in tumors without pretreatment and tumors exposed to preoperative anti-PD1/CTLA-4 checkpoint inhibitors (NABUCCO trial). Pronounced immune cell presence was found in UC invasive margins compared to tumor and stroma regions. CD8<sup>+</sup>PD1<sup>+</sup> T-cells were present in UC, particularly following immunother

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.3389/fimmu.2021.793964
Catalogue ID
BFmoef2rp2-6pm6ik
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