Elite Intratumoral T-cell Clonotypes (The 1%) Effect "Trickle-Down Cytotoxicity"

Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Mar 15;26(6):1205-1207. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-3788. Epub 2020 Jan 9.

Abstract

Careful study of T-cell clonal dynamics in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with neoadjuvant nivolumab suggests that successful trafficking of clones from a proliferative burst in the periphery to the tumor associates with major pathologic response. Integration of these findings with functional analysis may augment current therapeutic strategies.See related article by Zhang et al., p. 1327.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor
  • T-Lymphocytes

Substances

  • Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor