Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Immune cell topography predicts response to PD-1 blockade in cutaneous T cell lymphoma

  • Darci Phillips,
  • Magdalena Matusiak,
  • Belén Rivero Gutierrez,
  • Salil S. Bhate,
  • Graham L. Barlow,
  • Sizun Jiang,
  • Janos Demeter,
  • Kimberly S. Smythe,
  • Robert H. Pierce,
  • Steven P. Fling,
  • Nirasha Ramchurren,
  • Martin A. Cheever,
  • Yury Goltsev,
  • Robert B. West,
  • Michael S. Khodadoust,
  • Youn H. Kim,
  • Christian M. Schürch,
  • Garry P. Nolan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26974-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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PD-1 blockade is effective for only a subset of patients with cutaneous T cell lymphomas. Here, the authors report a spatial biomarker that uses immune and cancer cell topography to predict response to PD-1 blockade in this disease.