ArticleNature communications2026
Metabolic characterization of tumor-immune interactions by multiplexed immunofluorescence reveals spatial mechanisms of immunotherapy response in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC).
Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Identification of PI3K alpha inhibitors through large-scale virtual screening and integrated molecular modeling, biophysical characterization, and ADMET profiling.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Understanding immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy through spatial decoding of the lung cancer tumor immune microenvironment.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026Article
- Spatial multi-omics characterization of neuroblastoma reveals ferroptosis-associated metabolic features in high-risk tumors.Genome medicine · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
16 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have improved clinical outcomes for some patients with advanced NSCLC, however a substantial proportion of patients remain treatment resistant. Here we analyze the NSCLC tumor microenvironment (TME) using multiplexed immunofluorescence (mIF) of biopsies taken from patients prior to ICI treatment. We apply a deep-learning model to classify the cellular phenotypes and probe functional and metabolic states of both tumor and immune cells, aiming to reveal predictive features of response to ICI. Tissue neighborhoods are generated to allow geometric profiling of spatial densities and interactions at a range of scales. Multivariate modelling of ICI response yields a model that predicts progression-free survival (PFS) over 24 months (AUC = 0.8). The selected features in the model imply a role for cell-cell proximities within discrete metabolic contexts. These tissue insights may supplement our understanding of the current paradigms around classical immunology in the NSCLC TME and its influence on immunotherapy outcomes.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.