2020
Factors affecting tumor responders and predictive biomarkers of toxicities in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
Yao L, Jia G, Lu L, Bao Y, Ma W. Factors affecting tumor responders and predictive biomarkers of toxicities in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. International Immunopharmacology 2020, 85: 106628. PMID: 32474388, DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.106628.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBiomarkers, PharmacologicalDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsNeoplasmsTreatment OutcomeConceptsImmune-related adverse effectsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsICI therapyCheckpoint inhibitorsCancer patientsPredictive biomarkersTumor respondersAnti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapyCell death protein 1 (PD-1) pathwayT-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4PD-L1 immunotherapyVariety of malignanciesAdvanced human cancersConventional anticancer therapiesDegree of severityProtein 1 pathwayNew potential mechanismAntigen-4Cancer immunotherapyToxicity profileImmunotherapyTherapyPatientsAdverse effectsAnticancer therapy
2013
An insulin-like growth factor-II intronic variant affects local DNA conformation and ovarian cancer survival
Lu L, Risch E, Deng Q, Biglia N, Picardo E, Katsaros D, Yu H. An insulin-like growth factor-II intronic variant affects local DNA conformation and ovarian cancer survival. Carcinogenesis 2013, 34: 2024-2030. PMID: 23677070, DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgt168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsulin-like growth factor IIIGF-II expressionPatient survivalGrowth factor IIPresence of carboplatinChemotherapy responseOvarian cancerCox proportional hazards regression modelKaplan-Meier survival curvesProportional hazards regression modelsFactor IIOvarian cancer tissue samplesIGF-II genotypeAdjusted hazard ratioOvarian cancer survivalHazards regression modelsCommercial enzyme-linked immunosorbentQuantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reactionReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionOvarian cancer developmentTranscription-polymerase chain reactionCancer tissue samplesEnzyme-linked immunosorbentHazard ratioSNP genotyping assays