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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2023

Location of CD39

Lilian Koppensteiner, Layla Mathieson, Samuel Pattle, David A Dorward, Richard O'Connor, Ahsan R Akram

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lilian KoppensteinerCentre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK l.koppensteiner@sms.ed.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-7986-7453
Layla MathiesonCentre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Samuel PattleDepartment of Pathology, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.
David A DorwardDepartment of Pathology, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.
Richard O'ConnorCentre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Ahsan R AkramCentre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Centre for Inflammation Research · GBEdinburgh Royal Infirmary · GBEdinburgh Cancer Research · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 24867Cancer Research UK A24867
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAn improved mechanistic understanding of immunosuppressive pathways in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is important to develop novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Here, we investigate the prognostic significance of the ectonucleotidases CD39 and CD73 in NSCLC. EXPERIMENTAL

designThe expression and localization of CD39, CD73 and CD103 was digitally quantified in a cohort of 162 early treatment naïve NSCLC patients using multiplex-immunofluorescence and related to patient outcome. Expression among different cell-populations was assessed via flow cytometry. Targeted RNA-Seq was performed on CD4

resultsWe demonstrate that flow cytometry of early untreated NSCLC patients shows an upregulation of CD39 expression in the tumor tissue among natural killer (NK) cells, fibroblasts and T cells. CD73 expression is mainly found among fibroblasts and Epcam+cells in the tumor tissue. Multiplex Immunofluorescence in a cohort of 162 early untreated NSCLC patients demonstrates that CD39 expression is mainly localized in the tumor stroma while CD73 expression is equally distributed between tumor nest and stroma, and high expression of CD39 and CD73 in the tumor stroma is associated with poor recurrence-free survival (RFS) at 5 years. Additionally, we find that CD8+T cells located in the tumor nest express CD103 and the density of CD39+CD103+CD8+ T cells in the tumor nest predicts improved RFS at 5 years. Targeted RNA-Seq shows that the tumor microenvironment of NSCLC upregulates regulatory pathways in CD4

conclusionsKnowledge of patterns of distribution and location are required to understand the prognostic impact of CD39

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungLung NeoplasmsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicTumor Microenvironmentbiomarkers, tumorimmune checkpoint inhibitorslung neoplasmsnon-small cell lung cancertumor biomarkers

Identifiers

PMID37648263
PMCPMC10471883
OpenAlexW4386295527

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