Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Platelet PD-L1 reflects collective intratumoral PD-L1 expression and predicts immunotherapy response in non-small cell lung cancer

  • Clemens Hinterleitner,
  • Jasmin Strähle,
  • Elke Malenke,
  • Martina Hinterleitner,
  • Melanie Henning,
  • Marco Seehawer,
  • Tatjana Bilich,
  • Jonas Heitmann,
  • Martina Lutz,
  • Sven Mattern,
  • Sophia Scheuermann,
  • Marius Horger,
  • Stefanie Maurer,
  • Juliane Walz,
  • Falko Fend,
  • Rupert Handgretinger,
  • Christian Seitz,
  • Bettina Weigelin,
  • Stephan Singer,
  • Helmut Salih,
  • Oliver Borst,
  • Hans-Georg Kopp,
  • Lars Zender

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27303-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The definition of biomarkers to predict therapy responses to immune-checkpoint inhibitors represent an unmet clinical need. Here the authors provide evidences that platelet-derived PD-L1 could serve as a prognostic and predictive biomarker in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.