Resistance to systemic immune checkpoint inhibition in the peritoneal niche
Chia D, Gwee Y, Sundar R. Resistance to systemic immune checkpoint inhibition in the peritoneal niche. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2022, 10: e004749. PMID: 35728873, PMCID: PMC9214396, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2022-004749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitionResistance to immune checkpoint inhibitionPeritoneal metastasisCheckpoint inhibitionMetastatic nicheResponse to ICIImmune checkpoint inhibition therapySensitive to immune checkpoint inhibitionIntrinsic tumor factorsPresence of ascitesDeficient mismatch repairPeritoneal microenvironmentTumor factorsMalignant ascitesPrimary resistanceClinical entityTherapeutic optionsMicrosatellite instable tumorsPeritoneal cavityGastrointestinal cancerParacrine factorsAscitesConcurrent ascitesPatientsInstable tumors