Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Chromatin accessibility of circulating CD8+ T cells predicts treatment response to PD-1 blockade in patients with gastric cancer

  • Hyun Mu Shin,
  • Gwanghun Kim,
  • Sangjib Kim,
  • Ji Hyun Sim,
  • Jiyeob Choi,
  • Minji Kim,
  • Minsuk Kwon,
  • Sang-Kyu Ye,
  • Dong-Sup Lee,
  • Seung Woo Cho,
  • Seung Tae Kim,
  • Jeeyun Lee,
  • Hang-Rae Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21299-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Anti-PD-1 therapy could induce a durable response in patients with gastric cancer, however biomarkers to predict response to immunotherapy are generally lacking. Here the authors report that openness of chromatin in circulating CD8+ T cells predicts treatment outcome in patients with metastatic gastric cancer treated with pembrolizumab.