2017
Implications of the tumor immune microenvironment for staging and therapeutics
Taube JM, Galon J, Sholl LM, Rodig SJ, Cottrell TR, Giraldo NA, Baras AS, Patel SS, Anders RA, Rimm DL, Cimino-Mathews A. Implications of the tumor immune microenvironment for staging and therapeutics. Modern Pathology 2017, 31: 214-234. PMID: 29192647, PMCID: PMC6132263, DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2017.156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor immune microenvironmentImmune microenvironmentTumor typesTumor microenvironmentAnti-PD-1/PD-L1Therapeutic targetPD-1/PD-L1 axisFirst line treatment algorithmHost antitumor immune responseEarly stage colorectal carcinomaLocal immune contextureImmune checkpoint inhibitorsPD-L1 axisAntitumor immune responseImmune-based therapiesPD-L1 antibodiesAbundance of CD8Th1 helper cellsNovel therapeutic targetPotential therapeutic targetPrimary organ siteNew candidate biomarkersNumerous tumor typesSpecific tumor typesCurrent TNMA Prospective, Multi-institutional, Pathologist-Based Assessment of 4 Immunohistochemistry Assays for PD-L1 Expression in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Rimm DL, Han G, Taube JM, Yi ES, Bridge JA, Flieder DB, Homer R, West WW, Wu H, Roden AC, Fujimoto J, Yu H, Anders R, Kowalewski A, Rivard C, Rehman J, Batenchuk C, Burns V, Hirsch FR, Wistuba II. A Prospective, Multi-institutional, Pathologist-Based Assessment of 4 Immunohistochemistry Assays for PD-L1 Expression in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2017, 3: 1051-1058. PMID: 28278348, PMCID: PMC5650234, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.0013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-L1 expressionNon-small cell lung cancerDako Link 48 platformIntraclass correlation coefficientCell lung cancerImmune cellsPD-L1Tumor cellsSP142 antibodyLung cancerAnti-programmed cell death 1Less PD-L1 expressionCell death ligand 1Tumour cell assessmentPD-L1 antibodiesDeath ligand 1Cell death 1Cell scoringOwn scoring systemSerial histologic sectionsSP142 assayL1 therapyDeath-1Laboratory-developed testsPatient response
2016
PD-L1 Expression in Lung Cancer
Yu H, Boyle TA, Zhou C, Rimm D, Hirsch FR. PD-L1 Expression in Lung Cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2016, 11: 964-975. PMID: 27117833, PMCID: PMC5353357, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.04.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-L1Lung cancerAnti-PD-1 drugsDifferent PD-L1 antibodiesPD-L1 protein expressionImmunotherapy clinical trialsAdvanced lung cancerPD-L1 expressionPD-L1 antibodiesSubset of patientsDeath ligand 1PD-L1 detectionBetter patient careClinical trialsPatient careProtein expressionHistory of useImmunohistochemistry platformBiomarkersImmunotherapyLigand 1PatientsCancerExpressionTrialsQuantitative Assessment of the Heterogeneity of PD-L1 Expression in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
McLaughlin J, Han G, Schalper KA, Carvajal-Hausdorf D, Pelakanou V, Rehman J, Velcheti V, Herbst R, LoRusso P, Rimm DL. Quantitative Assessment of the Heterogeneity of PD-L1 Expression in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2016, 2: 1-9. PMID: 26562159, PMCID: PMC4941982, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.3638.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibody SpecificityB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHumansImmunohistochemistryLung NeoplasmsMaleObserver VariationPredictive Value of TestsReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesTissue Array AnalysisConceptsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesPD-L1 expressionPD-L1 antibodiesPD-L1 protein expressionCell lung cancerPD-L1Whole tissue sectionsQuantitative immunofluorescenceLung cancerChromogenic immunohistochemistryPoor concordanceDifferent PD-L1 antibodiesHigh tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesTumor PD-L1 expressionPD-L1 protein levelsCell lung cancer biopsiesMonoclonal antibodiesCurrent consensus guidelinesProtein expressionDurable clinical responsesMain outcome measuresEarly phase trialsLung cancer biopsiesRabbit monoclonal antibodyCorresponding tissue microarrays