Characterization of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in paired primary and metastatic renal cell carcinoma specimens.

ABSTRACT: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is one of the most chemo- and radio-resistant malignancies, with poor associated patient survival if the disease metastasizes. With recent advances in immunotherapy, particularly with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade, outcomes are improving, but a substantial subset of patients does not respond to the new agents. Identifying such patients and improving the therapeutic ratio has been a challenge, although much effort has been made to study PD-1/PD-L1 status in pre-treatment tumor. However, tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) content might also be predictive of response, and our goal was to characterize TIL content and PD-L1 expression in RCC tumors from various anatomic sites. Utilizing a quantitative immunofluorescence technique, TIL subsets were examined in matched primary a

SUBMITTER: Baine MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4694809 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature